Amid widespread disruption to bunker operations during the IMO 2020 transitional period, Trafigura, one of the world’s largest vessel charterers, has called on regulators to take a rigorous approach in terms of enforcement.

With many onshore storage facilities and tens of thousands of vessels and barges needing to clean their tanks for the fuel switch, there have been reports of delays in refuelling at some bunkering hubs across the globe.