# Will Trucking Be Affected by New Pollution Rules for Ocean Shipping? - TT

> Trucking press reports that the EPA is reviewing economic impacts of low-sulfur fuel rules for ships within 200 miles of the U.S. coast, and that IMO rules effective January 2020 will cut bunker fuel sulfur. Industry analysts expect diesel prices to spike in 2019 and 2020 as shipping shifts to cleaner fuels.

- Date: 2018-07-11 · published 2018-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64213-will-trucking-be-affected-by-new-pollution-rules-for-ocean-shipping-tt
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Expected demand shift from bunker fuel to diesel and LNG could tighten distillate supply and lift diesel prices, raising feed freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| 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 | 2019-08-09 | [New diesel regs for maritime shippers could impact U.S. truck freight, diesel prices \| Commercial Carrier Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57781-new-diesel-regs-for-maritime-shippers-could-impact-u-s-truck-freight-diesel.md) | +1.4% | +6.7% |
| DIESEL | 2018-12-14 | [Coming changes in marine fuel sulfur limits will affect global oil markets -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61737-coming-changes-in-marine-fuel-sulfur-limits-will-affect-global-oil-markets-u-s.md) | -6.7% | -1.6% |
| DIESEL | 2018-04-09 | [IMO aims to halve global shipping emissions – but what will it cost?  \| Wood Mackenzie](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65686-imo-aims-to-halve-global-shipping-emissions-but-what-will-it-cost-wood-mackenzie.md) | +7.5% | +10.6% |
| NATGAS | 2017-11-06 | [PetroChina’s shares fuelled by move to increase natural gas prices for commercial users \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10193-petrochina-s-shares-fuelled-by-move-to-increase-natural-gas-prices-for.md) | +11.4% | +2.9% |
| NATGAS | 2023-12-01 | [Urea Monthly Review: Supply Guarantee Policies Affect Market, Urea Prices Under Upward Pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10280-urea-monthly-review-supply-guarantee-policies-affect-market-urea-prices-under.md) | -8.1% | -8.3% |
| NATGAS | 2021-11-16 | [German regulator puts brake on Nord Stream 2 in fresh blow to gas pipeline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44233-german-regulator-puts-brake-on-nord-stream-2-in-fresh-blow-to-gas-pipeline.md) | -1.7% | -23.8% |

## Sources

- ttnews.com: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/will-trucking-be-affected-new-pollution-rules-ocean-shipping

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