Vitol tanker bunkers co-processed VLSFO as trader rolls out new fuel

Trader and shipowner Vitol has launched a new FuelEU Maritime-compliant ship fuel produced in the UAE.

The commodities giant said its own 158,000-dwt suezmax tanker Elandra Falcon (built 2017) was the first to load the co-processed very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) at the port of Fujairah.

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The group's 100,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in the city is producing the bunkers, which will be marketed in multiple locations by Vitol Bunkers.