Torm tanker heads to US with rare shipment of gas-to-liquids diesel cargo

A Torm tanker is en route to the US with a rare cargo of cleaner fuel.

According to Kpler fixture data, the 50,000-dwt MR product carrier Torm Belis (built 2013) is heading to the US Gulf with a gas-to-liquids (GTL) diesel shipment from Qatar.

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GTL, a synthetic, cleaner-burning alternative to traditional crude oil-based diesel, is manufactured through a process called Fischer-Tropsch, which converts natural gas into a liquid fuel.