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...
Elevated tolerance patterns, clustered sulphur exceptions, shifts in total sediment potential distribution, and persistently higher catalyst fine averages appear locally rather than across entire regions.
Paul Hoather of VPS highlighted the emergence of B100 as a marine fuel, in light of the volatile pricing of marine distillates driven by the Middle...
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...
Due to on-going escalations in the region, many flights in and out of the region have been cancelled and as a result, increased transit times for...
Delivered in a question and answer format that allows VPS and World Fuel to comment on issues raised by NorthStandard, substantial focus is given to fuel...
Based on VPS’ database of lubricant testing data, the reported status of lubricant oil shows that over two-thirds of all lubricant oils are at a caution...
Second half of 2025 was characterised by a significant concentration of repeated fuel quality failures across major ports including Singapore, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong and Port...
Proportion of out-of-spec ULSFO samples increased significantly in 2025 with approximately 90% of ULSFO deliveries originating from European ports, with around 60% sourced from Mediterranean ports.
