Joe Star examines the operational and financial impacts of lubrication strategies within the global merchant marine fleet, where two-stroke diesel engines are critical to world trade.
A small decline in the number of out-of-spec samples can be observed for both VLSFO and HSFO compared to Q2/2025 while nearly 5% of the USLFO...
Captain Rahul Choudhuri, IBIA Board Member & IBIA Asia Regional Board Chair, and President of Strategic Partnerships at VPS, addresses future roles of ISO 8217, digitalisation,...
Following reports by members and clients indicating a significant increase in catfines in both VLSFO and HSFO in major bunkering ports during August 2025, the P&I...
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...
VPS witnessed a high number of elevated cat-fine levels in VLSFO across East Coast USA, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Algeciras and Port Louis, between 11 to 31...
Recently FOBAS tested several residual fuel samples from Singapore, that exceeded the 60 mg/kg limit, for Aluminium + Silicon (catfines) as stipulated in the ISO 8217:2010/12/17...
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...
Maritec-Naias tested forty samples representing VLSFO bunker fuel deliveries from various suppliers at Singapore ports, which indicated Al+Si concentrations ranging from 51 mg/Kg up to 120...
