Maritec-Naias issued an alert regarding high levels of catalytic fines and elevated acid numbers present in multiple VLSFO bunker samples from deliveries in the Singapore port.
FOBAS released a bulletin stating that tests on several fuels from Singapore identified a chemical fingerprint consistent with Estonian shale oil, while vessels using these fuels...
Marine insurer says GCMS testing of the bunker fuels, mostly from locations including Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, showed a high presence of chemical compounds not...
Testing identified 90,000mt of delivered VLSFO bunkers containing compounds consistent with an Estonian Shale Oil derived stream.
Seven cases were reported to have found Alkylresorcinols in the range of 3000 – 17000 PPM and six cases reported to have found various Phenolic compounds...
Steve Bee of VPS covers a detailed review of 2025 marine fuel quality including off-specifications, fuel contamination issues as well as methanol and ethanol.
FOBAS tested several samples that were all high sulphur residual bunker fuels and TSP results ranged from 0.16% m/m to 0.44% m/m.
Captain Rahul Choudhuri took the audience through a contaminated VLSFO case study experienced by a prominent shipowner in New York during February 2025.
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...
