Veritas Pertoleum Services (VPS) has issued 15 bunker alerts since the sulphur cap was introduced on 1 January this year, surprisingly of those alerts six were for high sulphur fuel oil compared to four alerts for VLSFO.
Three of the VLSFO alerts were for sediment issues while the fourth was for sodium issues. While two of the HFO issues were for density and another two were flash point issues the other two issues were sediment and potassium issues. Distillate fuels also had four alerts for...