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On January 1, 2020, new International Maritime Organization (IMO) legislation will reduce the maximum sulfur content for marine fuels outside of sulfur emission control areas (SECA) from now 3.50% (m/m) to 0.50% (m/m) to lower the emission of SOx. In order to enable a smooth transition to the new-generation fuels and to cope with a widely diversified spectrum of heavy fuel oils, a comprehensive chemical description of such bunker fuels will become more important to investigate differences which may cause incompatibility with current engines or to avoid a negative impact for the storage stability. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with mass-spectrometric detection (GC × GC-MS) has become one of the most potent analytical methods for detailed analysis of hydrocarbon composition in complex petroleum fractions. However, matrices that contain significant amounts of less- or nonvolatile constituents, such as marine fuels, cannot entirely be targeted by gas chromatography alone. In order to extend...