FOBAS Alert: Contaminated Fuels From ARA Region
FOBAS reports on a potential bunker contamination in the ARA region.
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FOBAS reports on a potential bunker contamination in the ARA region.
VLSFO bunker samples show sediment contents ranging from 0.20 to 0.26% mass, above the ISO 8217 0.10% mass limit.
Over the last two weeks Intertek Lintec has tested a number of VLSFO bunker samples that have shown sediment contents above the ISO 8217 0.10% mass limit.
Steve Bee of testing firm VPS sets out the correlation between rising fuel costs and an increase in quality problems.
Recently FOBAS has tested a number of VLSFO samples from Singapore that exceeded the 0.50%v/v limit for water as stipulated in the ISO 8217:2017 specification.