A rush for scarce, low-sulphur fuel three years from now will lead to surging bunker prices and higher freight rates, Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) analysts predict in a research paper released this week.

“While there will be enough marine gasoil to supply the global shipping fleet, the tight market fundamentals will result in a price shock,” the BRS tanker department said in the report, published ahead of this week’s conference on the future of the bunker market, organised by the brokerage in Athens.

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