‘The same historical quality concerns such as cat-fines and stability, sulphur and flash point remain, and isolated incidents of chemical contamination are still occurring,’ says FOBAS’...
‘In my opinion, whether we like it or not, to me the ISO 8217 standards are the lowest common denominator,’ believes Captain Rahul Choudhuri, President Strategic...
Report reveals ‘persistent issues’ with marine fuels such as cat-fines, stability, sulphur content, and flash point continue to be challenging, and isolated incidents of chemical contamination...
Fuel Insights app, powered by VPS PortStats, offers NorthStandard account holders with a view on fuel quality trends, based on data generated by VPS in key...
New ISO 8217 standards present a rare opportunity to do away with industry’s reliance on obsolete fuel specifications but noted that it will be no easy...
Steve Bee, Dr Malcolm Cooper and Stanley George explain how to safeguard vessel operations against the impact of bad bunkers and share on the key steps...
Probe will look into whether the contaminated fuel played a role in the Singapore-registered container vessel Dali losing power and crashing into the bridge, reports Wall...
Representatives from Maritec, VPS, Intertek, FOBAS and Eurofins Mechem offer Manifold Times their perspective on the development.
FOBAS is still receiving reports of issues as vessels put contaminated bunker fuels into use and are still seeing unusual chemicals in fuels recently bunkered, specifically...
Steve Bee, VPS Group Commercial Director, discusses how pre-burn chemical screening of bunker fuels can help prevent costly and catastrophic engine failures.
