IMO 2020-compliant very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) blends have been in use for more than a year, largely without incident. Yet we often see the same negative misconceptions, exaggerations and scaremongering crop up, as inaccurate or incomplete information is recirculated.

The International Bunker Industry Association has looked at some of the persistent negative claims about VLSFO, to separate fact from fiction.