Bulletins

Joint circular from MSC and MEPC on fuel oil sampling guidelines
Issued: 2024-09-10

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) during recent sessions (MSC 108 and MEPC 81) jointly approved the fuel oil sampling guidelines MSC-MEPC.2/...

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Fuel for thought: Biofuel – A new report from LR
Issued: 2024-09-06

Alternative maritime fuels have become increasingly important, as a response to stricter environmental regulations on emissions, driving technological advancements and improving the industry's sust...

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SMM (Hamburg) 3rd – 6th September 2024
Issued: 2024-08-15

Lloyd’s Register are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at SMM Hamburg (Hall B2, Stand 198) from the 3rd – 6th September 2024. We would also like to welcome you in joining the FOBAS tea...

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CIMAC publishes more documents to support adoption of ISO 8217:2024
Issued: 2024-07-05

Further to our last bulletin, please note that CIMAC WG7 (Fuels) has released a very comprehensive document titled Design and operation of fuel cleaning systems for diesel engines.

Similarly, CI...

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Publication of CIMAC biofuel guidance document and CIMAC FAQ document on ISO 8217:2024
Issued: 2024-06-15

Further to our last bulletin, please note that CIMAC WG7 (Fuels) in support of adopting recently published ISO 8217:2024 marine fuel standard, has released a biofuel guidance document titled ‘Marin...

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Publication of ISO 8217:2024 and FOBAS FAQ's
Issued: 2024-05-30

Further to our last bulletin, please note that ISO secretariate has published the 7th edition of ISO 8217 and is now available for download.

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Frequently Asked Questions on the application of latest international marine fuel quality standard ISO 8217:2024
Issued: 2024-05-30

This document has been prepared to address Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from a ship operators’ perspective as marine fuel buyers on the latest version of ISO 8217:2024 (7th edition).

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FOBAS Fuel Changeover Calculator
Issued: 2024-05-17

For many years, FOBAS fuel changeover calculator has been used by ship owners, operators, and other industry stake holders to estimate the changeover time from high to low sulphur fuel oils.

Thi...

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ISO 8217:2024
Issued: 2024-05-16

This bulletin is to bring all clients attention to the imminent publication of the new version of ISO 8217 and we will be updating again as soon as ISO secretariate uploads the final version of ISO...

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Update on Mediterranean Sulphur Oxides Emission Control Area
Issued: 2024-05-07

This is a reminder to ship operators that on 1st of May 2024, MARPOL Annex VI has been updated with addition of regulation 14.3.5 referring to Mediterranean Emission Control Areas, officially came ...

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