In downstream oil & gas, fuel oil of ships: any kind, class or type of craft or artificial contrivance capable of floating in water, designed to be used, or capable of being used, as a means of floating in water transport in the domestic trade for the carriage of passengers or cargo, or both, utilizing its own motive power or that of another [Section IV, (15), MARINA Circular No. SR 2020-06, Series of 2020, Rules and Regulations on the Mandatory Use of 0.50% M/M Sulphur Limit on Fuel Oil for All Philippines Registered Ships in Compliance to Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78, As Amended]
Note: See DOE Department Circular No. DC2025-02-0002, Prescribing the Specifications for Marine Fuels, and DOE Department Circular No. DC2025-02-0003, Guidelines for Compliance of Marine Fuel Bunker Traders in Relation to Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) MC No. SR 2020-06 Titled “Rules and Regulations on the Mandatory Use of 0.50% M/M Sulphur Limit on Fuel Oil For all Philippine Registered Ships in Compliance with Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78, As Amended”. The term is alternatively referred to as Vessel.