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  • What is the difference Between These Grades of Fuel Oil
  • Reda Al Haddad
    Al Haddad International Commodities
    GMT 17:53
    1st Apr 2009
    RMG380, RME180, IFO120, IFO30, MGO, MDO, HSFO, IFO 240, IFO 120

    IFO380, IFO 180, HSFO 180...

    Platts and BunkerWorld Show 4 types prices , what about the rest , any Method or web site to see the prices.
    Thank you
  • Guy Wilson-Roberts
    Petromedia Ltd (Canada)

    GMT 21:11
    1st Apr 2009
    Reda,
    RMG380 and RME180 are two of the ten grades of residual fuel in the ISO 8217 marine fuel standard. They are often called IFO380 and IFO180, with the IFO meaning Intermediate Fuel Oil.
    These are the two most popular residual fuel grades, at least 90% of the market, which is why Bunkerworld only shows prices for these two grades.
    Other grades, such as IFO120, are rare but might typically meet (or not) the ISO spec but have a viscosity in cst denoted by the number after IFO.
    MGO is marine gasoil and MDO is marine diesel oil. Again, the specs for these are set out in ISO 8217 and they are both distillate marine fuel grades.
    HSFO is high-sulphur fuel oil and is a generic term covering a number of different fuel oil grades.
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