# IMO 2020: How Will the Marketplace Value New Compliant Marine Fuels? | Stillwater Associates

> Stillwater Associates outlines how spot and futures prices for IMO 2020-compliant very low sulfur fuel oil can be tracked, and how a surrogate futures contract has moved over the past year. The article notes IMO 2020 cuts the global marine fuel sulfur cap from 3.5% to 0.5% on January 1, 2020.

- Date: 2019-03-20 · published 2019-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60276-imo-2020-how-will-the-marketplace-value-new-compliant-marine-fuels-stillwater
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Pricing transparency for compliant marine fuels affects how quickly diesel and fuel oil markets adjust to the 2020 rule. The article is methodological and does not report a new price move.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-12-11 | [Reaction in the diesel market to IMO 2020 is still to come: Platts - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55751-reaction-in-the-diesel-market-to-imo-2020-is-still-to-come-platts-freightwaves.md) | +3.5% | -0.9% |
| DIESEL | 2020-01-28 | [Diesel Fuel Market Stable as IMO Mandate Takes Hold - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55257-diesel-fuel-market-stable-as-imo-mandate-takes-hold-tt.md) | -5.8% | -6.1% |
| DIESEL | 2019-06-23 | [Connecting all the bones to project what will happen when IMO2020 hits the market - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58769-connecting-all-the-bones-to-project-what-will-happen-when-imo2020-hits-the.md) | +1.2% | -0.8% |
| DIESEL | 2021-06-17 | [Weekly Energy Market Situation, June 14, 2021 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46792-weekly-energy-market-situation-june-14-2021-fuels-market-news.md) | +2.8% | +0.4% |
| DIESEL | 2019-03-15 | [IMO2020: Compliance a key; IEA gives some hard numbers on distillate impact - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60273-imo2020-compliance-a-key-iea-gives-some-hard-numbers-on-distillate-impact.md) | +0.1% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- stillwaterassociates.com: https://stillwaterassociates.com/imo-2020-how-will-the-marketplace-value-new-compliant-marine-fuels/

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