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Panama Bunker Sales Jump to Highest in Year by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday April 19, 2021 Bunker sales volumes in Total sales reached 439,028 mt in March, according to data from the Panama Maritime Authority, the highest level since the same month a year earlier. The total was down by 2% from March 2020 but up by 4.9% from February's level. Global bunker sales have been rallying from last year's lows as the shipping industry swerved a prolonged slump from the COVID-19 crisis. Bunker volumes at the world's largest hubs sank by 6.3% overall last year, according to Ship & Bunker and...

The presence of solvent chemicals in a ship's fuel could lead to poor combustion and lubrication, fuel pump seizures and damage to piston rings and engine liners.

Singapore's first-quarter total has reached 12.72 million mt, down by 0.8% from the same period of 2.020

FOBAS Alert: High Sediment Fuels from ARA Region by FOBAS FOBAS has tested several samples from ARA (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam), which had tested Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m. The samples were all VSLFO fuels and TSP results ranged up to 0.35% m/m. Fuels with high sediments can result in excessive sludge deposition in tanks and throughout the handling and treatment/fuel injection systems. Furthermore, in certain cases the attempted use of such fuels may result in highly compromised combustion leading to engine and turbocha...

Phenols and other contaminants were suspected to be behind the global bunker contamination crisis of 2018 that originated in the US Gulf.