VPS: The Importance of Bunker Fuel Chemical Screening
Steve Bee of global testing firm VPS sets out how bunker fuel screening can be deployed to avoid fuel-quality problems.
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Steve Bee of global testing firm VPS sets out how bunker fuel screening can be deployed to avoid fuel-quality problems.
The firm partnered with certification organisation Control Union and France's IDS Group to test the technology.
CIMAC estimates more than 100 ships had operational problems after taking on contaminated HSFO in Singapore in February and March.
A source familiar with the situation tells Ship & Bunker the mandate could come into force as soon as January 1, 2024.
The MPA had suspended the licence of Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd to supply bunkers in the city-state's waters for two months from August.