Tag: contaminated fuel

The International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC) published a research paper investigating the High Sulphur Fuel Oil contamination crisis in Singapore. In its publication, CIMAC Working Group Fuels (WG7) notes that although the fuels in question met the requirements of ISO 8217, some ships reported operational problems with engines.

As Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club, informs, bunker fuel analysis indicates more cases of contaminated bunker fuel in the Rotterdam and Amsterdam areas (ARA), suggesting that the problem persists.

Recently MARITEC has investigated 5 VLSFO samples that were bunkered in the US-Gulf region between June to July 2022, as well as several VLSFOs delivered in the ARA Region, finding contamination issues.

In the first four months of 2022, several ships faced serious operational issues caused by contaminated HSFO bunkers stemmed in Singapore. In that regard, Mr. Siddharth Mahajan, Gard (Singapore) Pte. Ltd says that the question we need to ask ourselves is the following: are we better positioned to respond to such issues today than in the past?

The effects of water and other contaminants in fuel systems can be detrimental to the operation of any vessel, USCG warned and issued a Safety Alert with key recommendations.

After the fuel contamination crisis in Singapore, MPA Singapore announced that the contaminated HSFO originally came from Khor Fakkan.