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The global Q2 VLSFO off-spec rate dropped to the lowest level since the end of 2021 in the second quarter, a Verifuel representative tells Ship & Bunker.

Viswa has conducted thorough investigations into fuel pump problem samples bunkered in Houston, and we would like to provide a more detailed update.

FOBAS has dealt with a number of problematic VLSFO RM fuels from the US Gulf region, specifically from Houston and New Orleans.

FOBAS highlights some MGO samples it has recently seen in Italy with flashpoints below specification.

The changes may be as a result of shifting global fuel oil tradeflows after the outbreak of war.

About 2.1% of the VLSFO samples analysed by Verifuel in the first quarter of 2023 were found to be off-specification, a company representative tells Ship & Bunker.

The facility is the company's third worldwide, after it opened one in Rotterdam in 2017 and in Houston in 2021.

"it is not hard to see the bunker market at peak or close to peak demand – most certainly from a traditional fossil fuel point of view," says 2050 Marine Energy's Adrian Tolson.

Total sales excluding lubricants slipped by 1.5% on the year to 636,705 m3 in January.

In a recent letter to maritime publication Lloyd's List, IBIA Director Unni Einemo said there were 'some misconceptions and narratives that aren't helpful' in the discourse around bunker quality and quantity disputes.