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.
Captain Rahul Choudhuri, President of Strategic Partnerships at marine fuels testing company VPS offers insight and advice on how to manage fuel quality onboard idle vessels...
Thomas Schmidt stressed the growing importance of rapid bunker fuel analysis amid the evolving marine fuels landscape, highlighting how VPS is meeting demand with fast, reliable...
Impact of this new ECA, will not only affect bunker fuel selection and testing, but it will also require a review of, voyage planning, bunker procurement...
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...
Although no single event indicates a systemic quality issue, the combination of tighter markets and evolving blending practices is increasing variability in bunker fuel quality and...
VPS’ latest article highlights the dangers catfines can cause within vessel engines and how to avoid damages by using its fuel system check service.
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...
