Shipowners should already be drawing up detailed plans on how they intend to comply with the upcoming IMO 2020 regulations, according to the authors of the industry’s leading guide on complying with the 0.5% cap on the sulphur content of fuel.

Sunil Krishnakumar and John Bradshaw, who both helped draw up the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)’s publication Preparing for the 2020 Sulphur Cap, say there is no time to waste and owners should be ordering compliant fuel months ahead of the 1 January 2020 deadline.