LR FOBAS: 69 cases of off-spec bunker cases identified in 2H April
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by Admin
The Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) identified 69 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 during the period of 15 to 30 (2H) April 2019.
The number of cases was a 34% drop from the figure seen a month ago in 2H March.
The top bunker ports with reported off-spec bunker fuel cases in 2H April are as follows:
| Port | Characteristic | ISO 8217 Limit or Advised Value |
Final result | Unit |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | °C |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | °C |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | °C |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | °C |
| Singapore | Vanadium | 150* | 182 | mg/kg |
| Singapore | Viscosity at 50°C | 178.4** | 203.8 | cSt |
| Singapore | Viscosity at 50°C | 178.4** | 220.0 | cSt |
| Singapore | Viscosity at 50°C | 335.1** | 399.9 | cSt |
| Singapore | Water | 0.50* | 0.90 | % Volume |
| Antwerp | Density at 15°C | 0.9908** | 0.9920 | kg/l |
| Antwerp | Flash point | 60.0*** | 59.00 | °C |
| Antwerp | Viscosity at 50°C | 356.00** | 406.0 | cSt |
| Antwerp | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.00** | 414.8 | cSt |
| Antwerp | Viscosity at 50°C | 74.00** | 93.0 | cSt |
| Antwerp | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.00** | 551.2 | cSt |
| Antwerp | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.4** | 403.2 | cSt |
| Manzanillo | Ash | 0.100* | 0.123 | mgKOH/g |
| Manzanillo | Density at 15°C | 0.9695** | 0.9949 | % Mass |
| Manzanillo | Sulphur | 3.45** | 3.77 | % Mass |
| Manzanillo | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.0** | 626.3 | % Mass |
| Manzanillo | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.0** | 441.2 | % Mass |
| Manzanillo | Water | 0.50* | 1.20 | % Volume |
*ISO 8217 6th edition limit
**Advised value from BDN or sample label
***Due to the statutory significance of Flash Point the 95% confidence limit is not applied
Related: LR FOBAS: 72% increase in off-spec marine fuel cases in 2H March
Related: FOBAS: Off-spec marine fuel cases down 16% in 1H March
Related: FOBAS Alert: Low flash point residual fuels at Singapore port
Related: FOBAS: 52% increase in off-spec marine fuel cases in 2H Feb
Related: FOBAS: 48 off-specification marine fuel cases in 1H February
Related: FOBAS: 91 instances of off-spec bunker fuel cases in 2H January
Published: 6 May, 2019
