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.
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.
Testing identified 90,000mt of delivered VLSFO bunkers containing compounds consistent with an Estonian Shale Oil derived stream.
Captain Rahul Choudhuri, President of Strategic Partnerships at VPS, explains to Manifold Times how current market dynamics may have created the perfect storm for off-spec bunker...
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...
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.
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.
Steve Bee, a director at VPS, reviews what has changed in terms of marine fuel mix and fuel quality, across the region between 1 November 2024...
A small decline in the number of out-of-spec samples can be observed for both VLSFO and HSFO compared to Q2/2025 while nearly 5% of the USLFO...
