Sealand, a Maersk Company, will introduce an Environmental Fuel Fee (EFF) effective 1 December 2019 to cover the increase in fuel-related costs associated to the implementation of the IMO 2020 regulation.

The EFF tariffs have been calculated using the price difference between high sulphur fuel and low sulphur fuel. The difference calculated is 193,08 USD/ton. The details on the period and reference ports used for the calculation can be found in the table below.

Fuel type Period ROT SIN PAN Average
IFO 380 (USD/ton) 26 SEP'19 - 25 OCT'19 297,73 372,59 392,43 354,25
LSMGO - 50 (USD/ton) 26 SEP'19 - 25 OCT'19 517,77 542,60 581,64 547,34
Difference (USD/ton) 26 SEP'19 - 25 OCT'19 220,05 170,00 189,20 193,08

The EFF will be applicable to all contracts with validity up to three months, and the tariff values can be found in the table below.

Trade DRY REEF
USD USD
20' 40' 20' 40'
North America (USA ,Canada) / Central America / Caribbean/ West Coast South America to East Coast South America 58 116 87 174
East Coast South America to North America, Central America, West Coast South America & Caribbean 126 251 189 377
Intra-Latin America (Central America, Caribbean, West Coast South America) 49 97 73 145
North America (USA, Canada) to/from Central America, Caribbean & West Coast South America 97 193 145 290