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Speaker 1: So government's announcing its first change to help us from

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Speaker 1: will stop us potentially from running out of fuel, lowering

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Speaker 1: the quality specifications for imports to match the Aussies. Just

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Speaker 1: don't call it dirty. Don Calassie is transporting in z' CEO,

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Speaker 1: former z Energy Logistics manager with us this morning.

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Speaker 2: Dome, get a morning, Ryan.

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Speaker 1: They're not doing sulfur with these changes. Why are they

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Speaker 1: not doing sulfur? And will they what they are announcing

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Speaker 1: make much of a difference do you think?

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Speaker 2: Look, well, firstly, I think it's great that officials are

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Speaker 2: looking at alternative options. I think part of good risk

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Speaker 2: management is look at those water scenarios. So I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, we're a long way from having to get

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Speaker 2: Australian fuel, but if we got to that stage, then

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Speaker 2: they're construing it in terms of the sulfur content that

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Speaker 2: ultimately affects how the harmful emissions are treated in the

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Speaker 2: engine management system. And so we were asked by officials

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Speaker 2: about our view on what needed to happen with the

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Speaker 2: solf content, and we've said, look, just sit with the

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Speaker 2: New Zealand standard because if we had higher sulfur then

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Speaker 2: modern engine management systems would need to be adjusted to

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Speaker 2: cope with that after treatment.

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Speaker 1: So we have adapted to a lower sulfur environment and

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Speaker 1: it was very hard to turn that ship around.

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Speaker 2: Look, hindflight's wonderful things, but we went for low sulfur

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Speaker 2: because that was a good thing for the environment, and

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Speaker 2: in fact, many other countries have too. In fact, we

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Speaker 2: rely on largely on international manufacturers for our truck engines

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Speaker 2: and effect for our trucks. You know, they're coming from

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Speaker 2: the US, Europe and Japan, so we're not unusual in

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Speaker 2: that regard.

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Speaker 1: If then we need to ration, obviously you guys will

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Speaker 1: be wanting first DIBs on diesel.

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Speaker 2: Look, I think it's again, transport is one part of

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Speaker 2: a supplied chain. You these what is clearly really important

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Speaker 2: for the economy that goes from food production right through

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Speaker 2: to transport. I think if we do need a ration,

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Speaker 2: and again that's something that I think it's important we

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Speaker 2: play what's in front of us now and what we

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Speaker 2: can see right now is granted there's been some short

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Speaker 2: term disruptions for stockets that truck stops, but we believe

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Speaker 2: the government there's probably six weeks off fuel left in

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Speaker 2: the country. The ships that are programmed are on their way,

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Speaker 2: and so it's important the economy should travel, it should keep.

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Speaker 1: Functioning, and don't get too carried away with ourselves. Don't

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Speaker 1: appreciate your rationaldest Morning Don Calassie transporting ends in CEO.

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