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Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) has circulated an update on the bunker fuel contamination cases in Singapore. VPS has identified 60 vessels that have received contaminated High Sulphur Fuel Oil bunker.

Following the introduction of MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 14. 4 regarding fuel standards to reduce sulphur emissions while operating in a Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), the new requirements entered...

Contributed by Nicholas Woo of Birketts LLP.  

Two new DNVPS Bunker Alerts have been published and added to the DNVPS Bunker Alerts webpage: High Potassium Low Sulphur Fuels in Houston and Surrounding Ports, USA High Abrasive Fuels in Fujairah and...

The Quality of bunker fuel is an essential factor which can have a profound impact on the vessel, company operations and may have long-reaching P&I liability consequence. Find out more.

Six new DNVPS Bunker Alerts have recently been published and added to the DNVPS Bunker Alerts webpage: High CCAI in Low Sulphur Fuels in Seattle, USA High Potassium Fuels in New Orleans, USA High Sediment...

In order to help assess compliance with MARPOL Annex VI fuel oil sulphur content requirements for vessels operating within the North American and US Caribbean Sea Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs),...

As Members are aware, the State of California has in force strict regulatory requirements concerning the type and sulphur content of fuel used by vessels within State waters. These are set out in the “Fuel...

On 1 January 2015 a new MARPOL Annex VI requirement will enter into force reducing the maximum sulphur content for fuel oil from 1. 0% to 0. 1% within sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs). In the United...

In response to the shipping community's concerns about the characteristics of Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO), an ISO Review of 2020 Marine Fuel Quality in January 2021 will be submitted to the IMO Marine...