The UK Club reported that they see several bunker quality issues from delivery of alleged off-specification or contaminated bunkers. In many of these cases fuel sampling procedures on board at the time of delivery have been found inadequate and in many cases unreliable.
In essence, the Club highlights that continuous drip sampling throughout bunkering operations should be used for both Commercial and MARPOL Samples and should be carried out at a single mutually agreeable and monitored location.
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