Captain Rahul Choudhuri took the audience through a contaminated VLSFO case study experienced by a prominent shipowner in New York during February 2025.
January 2025 US sanctions have driven a doubling of HSFO quality notifications in Singapore, and off-spec results in the ARA region are now at 4% of...
This includes chemical contamination issues in Istanbul which led to severe operational issues and some issues with high Total Sediment in ARA region ports and other...
Steve Bee and Captain Rahul Choudhuri highlight a case study involving a vessel's crew and potentially others placed in great danger when the ship lost power...
Minerva Bunkering has teamed up with other firms such as Cargill, Hafnia, Mercuria, Trafigura and TFG Marine in solving issues of fuel quantity shortages and quality...
Steve Bee of VPS highlights the different fuel management approaches required to avoid instability and de-stablization of marine fossil fuels and biofuels.
Stanley George highlights that engines operating on FAME-based bio bunker fuels are more susceptible to rapid oil viscosity degradation, where FAME does not evaporate easily, leading...
Water Content Analyser technology measures and reports concentration of water in methanol when used as a marine fuel, helping ship operators take action to minimise associated...
Gard has handled claims where the presence of phenolic compounds originating from CNSL in conventional fuels has resulted in operational problems or machinery damage for vessels.
FOBAS has tested fuel samples from vessels, which bunkered in Istanbul, that have reported problems with fuel injection equipment seemingly caused by a substance sticking and...
