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 |
