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No firm date for GF-6 launch

Meeting ILSAC preferred timing will be challenging

The way things are shaping up, almost a decade will have passed between the drafting of the ILSAC GF-6 needs statement and a first allowable use date. Joan Evans, Infineum Americas IL Manager, explains how the remaining tasks and further delays make an April 2020 launch date increasingly unlikely.

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Marine emissions reductions

Ban on carriage of non-compliant fuels and actions on greenhouse gas emissions approved

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