Chemicals Behind the Bunker Fuel Contamination

  • The focus of this advisory is prevention of damage to the main engine, auxiliary engine and boiler plant caused by fuel oil contaminated by chemicals such as cleaning solvents.
  • In a recent matter the bunkered fuel test results gave no reason to suspect that engine and auxiliary engines problems would be encountered.
  • However, further testing carried out at various points in the engine fuel system showed that organic chlorinated compounds were present.
  • Even though there was no trace of it in the...

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