Cargill sees multiple challenges facing the shipping industry as low-sulphur fuel rules come into force by 2020. But one of the world's largest charterers supports the move to low-sulphur bunkers, despite the potential for higher costs along the maritime supply chain.

Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, who heads Cargill's shipping unit in the Americas, outlined the challenges at a meeting of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) in Houston.