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About 1.7% of the VLSFO samples analysed by Verifuel in Q1 were found to be off-specification, the company tells Ship & Bunker.

The Singapore bunker market's average VLSFO viscosity was 136.5 CST in Q1, the highest level since the same period a year earlier.

Steve Bee, Malcolm Cooper and Stanley George of testing firm VPS discuss bunker contamination and how its effects can be mitigated.

IBIA will address the IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting in May to speak out against speculation on the topic, Chairman Constantinos Capetanakis tells Ship & Bunker.

The NTSB's full report is likely to take more than a year to prepare, but early findings may be released next week.

The Maritime and Port Authority's new requirements, developed in response to the city-state's contamination problems in early 2022, come into force on June 1.

The container ship Dali had bunkered in Shanghai, South Korea and Baltimore before Tuesday's accident, according to FuelTrust.

The investigation will consider whether a loss of power on the boxship Dali prior to the collision could have been caused by a bunker fuel problem.

Singapore's new bunker quality rules will come into effect on June 1 and include rules on chlorinated organic compounds, inorganic acids, polystyrene, polypropylene and polymethacrylate.

The company is looking for candidates with experience as a bunker surveyor, an MPA licence and a marine or nautical degree.