Marine Gasoil (MGO) DMA / DMZ 0.1%

ISO 8217 DMA and DMZ distillate at 0.10% sulphur for ECAs and EU berths

Marine gasoil (MGO) is distillate marine fuel, graded under ISO 8217 as DMA or DMZ, both with a minimum flash point of 60°C. The standard itself allows DMA and DMZ up to 1.00% sulphur, but MGO is traded at 0.10% sulphur because that is the limit in the Baltic, North Sea, North American, US Caribbean and, since 1 May 2025, Mediterranean Emission Control Areas. In the European Union, Directive (EU) 2016/802 also requires ships at berth in EU ports to use fuel of no more than 0.10% sulphur, with exemptions for ships berthed under two hours and ships on shore power, and it bars marine gasoil above 0.10% from the EU market. The changeover time must be logged. Ultra low sulphur fuel oil (ULSFO) is the residual alternative at the same 0.10% limit.

Buyers check sulphur, flash point, viscosity, density, cloud and pour point for cold weather, and lubricity. Every bunker delivery comes with a bunker delivery note under MARPOL Annex VI, which the ship keeps for three years, and a sealed MARPOL sample of at least 400 ml kept for at least 12 months. At Singapore, MPA-licensed bunker suppliers must deliver distillates as well as residual fuel through MPA-approved mass flow meters. Prices are referenced to published Platts or Argus marine gasoil assessments at the main hubs. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers MGO and ULSFO as bunker stems and tanker parcels against the refinery named on the certificate of analysis, SGS or Intertek inspection, and a named buyer or ship. Offers resting on tank storage receipts, dip tests, ICPO/FCO procedures or advance fees are not worked; every enquiry is screened.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.