Tag: fuel quality

According to International news, Brazilian energy producer Petrobras has launched Ultra Low Sulfur Marine Gas Oil (ULSMGO) in the Port of Santos, since 1st March. 

IBIA welcomes the mandatory bunker measuring systems in major ARA ports and calls for more ports to follow the same path.

Approaching towards the last days of 2022, we take a look back at the most important issues regarding shipping decarbonization.

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.

IBIA welcomes news that the Port of Rotterdam appears to be moving toward making the use of mass flow meters (MFMs) mandatory for bunker deliveries.

GoodFuels announced the results of a new partnership with global certification organisation Control Union and France’s IDS Group to test the effectiveness of a unique isotopic tracer for biofuels.

BIMCO, together with the other industry organisations, acquired data on all commercial fuel samples tested by Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) during 2020. This VPS data clearly shows the geographical differences between the standard of the fuels delivered to ships.

A new report from Thetius and Lloyd’s Register analyzes the role of ship fuel oil assessment and quantity verification during "uncertain times."

According to Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club, VPS has tested several distillate fuels bunkered in the Port of Rotterdam during August and September 2022, where their Cloud Point reached temperatures as high as 21 degrees Celsius and their Pour Point temperatures were as high as 12 degrees Celsius. 

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.