15 March 2024
Bunker Sub-Committee 52nd Meeting held in Athens
INTERTANKO’s Bunker Sub-Committee (BSC) held its 52nd meeting on 5 March in Athens, Greece.
Chaired by Ms May Brit Christiansen (Odfjell...
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9 February 2024
Enhanced Testing Requirements for bunkers delivered in Singapore, effective 1 June 2024
Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) will, from 1 June 2024, implement enhanced testing parameters for marine fuel batches intended...
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14 July 2023
US bunker alert: VLSFOs delivered in Houston/New Orleans, Mar-May 2023
According to fuel oil test laboratories, samples of VLSFOs delivered in Houston and New Orleans, US in March-May 2023 have...
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7 July 2023
MEPC 80: Outcomes on air pollution and energy efficiency
At the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee 80th session (MEPC 80) held between 3-7 July, a number of...
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26 November 2021
MEPC 77: Report on air pollution issues (EGCS, EEDI, EEXI, fuel oil flashpoint)
A report follows on the outcomes relating to air pollution prevention issues discussed at the 77th session of the International Maritime...
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11 June 2021
Fuel Oil Quality and Quantity Survey 2021-2022
Following last year’s global online survey for 0.50% sulphur content VLSFOs, the Round Table associations have developed a more...
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29 January 2021
Bunker alert: High sediments found in VLSFOs bunkered in ARA, Houston and Istanbul
Lloyd’s Register FOBAS has reported that tests in recent weeks on several fuel oil samples from ARA (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam),...
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14 August 2020
LR FOBAS issues two bunker alerts on fuels in Singapore
LR FOBAS this week issued two separate bunker alerts following its findings on tested samples in Singapore. Here we summarise...
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28 June 2019
Bunker alert: Contaminated fuel oils from St. Petersburg, Russia
Lloyd’s Register FOBAS is investigating a number of samples bunkered in St. Petersburg, Russia, taken from mid-April to the beginning...
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26 April 2019
Singapore: MPA’s update on the Mass Flow Meter for Bunkering
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) reported that the plan to mandate the use of the Mass Flow...
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