The IMO 2020 sulphur cap is a “devastating monster” that is “sabotaging global shipping and the economy”. That is the view of one Kiev-based media outlet after it had hoovered up a few negative headlines from around the world.

Coastal shipping off East India would grind to a halt due to lack of bunker supplies, it noted. The lack of compliant fuel in the Philippines was causing problems, and China had arrested two foreign vessels for violating the regulations, it said.