FOBAS: Singapore the top ISO 8217 off-spec port in 1H Dec
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The Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) recorded a total of 53 off-spec instances where a result was outside the 95% confidence limit of either ISO 8217 6th edition test parameter or a value given by the BDN or sample label between 1 to 14 (1H) December 2018.
Singapore port was recorded to have the most off-spec cases in the two-week period; a variety of issues such as pour point, density sulphur, and viscosity issues were detected.
The top bunker ports with reported off-spec bunker fuel cases in 1H December are as follows:
| Port | Characteristic | ISO 8217 Limit or Advised Value |
Final result | Unit |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9909** | 0.9935 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9909** | 0.9924 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9909** | 0.9920 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9908** | 0.9945 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.0** | 411.9 | cSt |
| Balboa | Viscosity at 50°C | 378.5** | 400.1 | cSt |
| Balboa | Viscosity at 50°C | 372.4** | 397.1 | cSt |
| Balboa | Water | 0.50* | 1.00 | % Volume |
| Long Beach | Density at 15°C | 0.9910** | 0.9951 | kg/l |
| Long Beach | Density at 15°C | 0.9896** | 0.9926 | kg/l |
| Long Beach | Density at 15°C | 0.9868** | 0.9943 | kg/l |
| Pointe a Pierre | Water | 0.50* | 1.20 | % Volume |
| Pointe a Pierre | Water | 0.50* | 2.00 | % Volume |
| Pointe a Pierre | Water | 0.50* | 3.00 | % Volume |
| Rotterdam | Sulphur | 0.09** | 0.23 | % Mass |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 70.4** | 87.7 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 377.6** | 397.8 | cSt |
| Suez | Viscosity at 50°C | 366.6** | 411.1 | cSt |
| Suez | Viscosity at 50°C | 366.6** | 411.6 | cSt |
| Suez | Viscosity at 50°C | 366.6** | 412.0 | cSt |
*ISO 8217 6th edition limit
**Advised value from BDN or sample label.
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Published: 20 December, 2018
