# Diesel prices may 'significantly' increase next year | Fleet News

> TMC warns that new IMO rules mandating ultra-low-sulphur fuel in merchant shipping from 1 January 2020 could significantly raise road diesel prices. Refiners must produce about 4 million barrels per day of low-sulphur marine fuel, tightening capacity for ULSD. UK diesel pump prices had reached a four-year high, averaging 134.6ppl.

- Date: 2018-09-20 · published 2018-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63224-diesel-prices-may-significantly-increase-next-year-fleet-news
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Diverting refinery output to low-sulphur marine fuel tightens distillate supply and supports diesel prices ahead of the 2020 deadline, raising farm and feed transport costs.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-04-03 | [Diesel Prices May Increase as Cargo Industry Makes 2020 Fuel Switch, Experts Say - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59767-diesel-prices-may-increase-as-cargo-industry-makes-2020-fuel-switch-experts-say.md) | +1.8% | +4.1% |
| DIESEL | 2018-09-02 | [Why Diesel Prices Are Set To Soar \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63225-why-diesel-prices-are-set-to-soar-oilprice-com.md) | -0.9% | +7.6% |
| DIESEL | 2019-09-05 | [Energy Experts Fear Price of Diesel to Spike Because of New Shipping Fuel Mandate - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57270-energy-experts-fear-price-of-diesel-to-spike-because-of-new-shipping-fuel.md) | +1.2% | -0.5% |
| DIESEL | 2019-09-21 | [Biodiesel prices soar in Germany, up 30% compared to mid-August  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57169-biodiesel-prices-soar-in-germany-up-30-compared-to-mid-august-the-daily-digest.md) | -2.4% | -2.0% |
| DIESEL | 2018-10-29 | [Airlines, trucking industry face sharp rise in fuel prices \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62737-airlines-trucking-industry-face-sharp-rise-in-fuel-prices-cbc-news.md) | -5.8% | -17.8% |

## Sources

- fleetnews.co.uk: https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/fleet-industry-news/2018/09/19/diesel-prices-may-significantly-increase-next-year

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