ISO 8217

Higher Oil Prices Leading To Bunker Quality Problems

Brokerage NSI has responded to KPI OceanConnect’s warning of higher oil prices leading to bunker quality problems this year, saying low margins are more likely to be the culprit, reports Ship & Bunker.

KPI OceanConnect CEO Comments

On Tuesday KPI OceanConnect CEO Soren Holl said some of the VLSFO quality problems anticipated before IMO 2020 might come to pass this year with oil prices recovering from their crash last March.

“There have been fewer quality issues than many analysts predicted, but...

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ISO launches IMO 2020 specification for marine fuels

ISO informed that it has published the ‘ISO/PAS 23263:2019 Petroleum products — Fuels (class F) — Considerations for fuel suppliers and users regarding marine fuel quality in view of the implementation of maximum 0,50 % sulphur in 2020’.

The document addresses quality considerations that apply to marine fuels ahead of the implementation of maximum 0,50 mass % sulphur in 2020 and the range of marine fuels that will be placed on the market in response to the international statutory requirements to...

https://safety4sea.com/iso-launches-imo-2020-specification-for-marine-fuels/

FOBAS: Update on contaminated fuel from St. Petersburg

Following a late June alert regarding contaminated bunkers that were supplied in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) issued an update on 12 July, confirming presence of Carbon Tetrachloride in the contaminated fuels.

On 26 June, FOBAS issued an alert informing that it was investigating a number of samples bunkered in St Petersburg, Russia, taken from mid-April to the beginning of May. During the use of these fuels, vessels...

https://safety4sea.com/fobas-update-on-contaminated-fuel-from-st-petersburg/

Toyota Tsusho files complaint for off-spec bunkers against Nustar Energy

On March 27 Toyota Tsusho Petroleum (TTP) filed a complaint against Nustar Energy Services (NES) at a US Court. The file regarded alleged off-spec bunkers, and TTP seeks $421,784.94 from NES through two claims.

Namely, on April 19, 2018, NES supplied 840 metric tonnes (mt) of IFO 380 to the Singapore-flagged chemical tanker ‘M/V Beatrice’ at the Port of Houston.

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TTP and NES sent bunker samples to different fuel testing laboratories, which found that they were...

https://safety4sea.com/toyota-tsusho-files-complaint-for-off-spec-bunkers-against-nustar-energy/

IUMI: Fuel quality a growing challenge in IMO conventions

Fuel quality and safety was high on the agenda during the 100th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in early December. On the occasion, IUMI highlighted that biofuels are not properly catered for under the ISO standard 8217 and urged IMO to encourage ISO to embark on the urgent amendment of the ISO 8217 legislation to deal with biofuels and the 2020 sulphur cap.

MSC 100 agreed to include in its agenda for MSC 101 a new item on “Development of further measures to enhance the...

https://safety4sea.com/iumi-fuel-quality-a-growing-challenge-in-imo-conventions/