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Recently FOBAS tested several residual fuel samples from Singapore, that exceeded the 60 mg/kg limit, for Aluminium + Silicon as stipulated in the ISO 8217:2010/12/17 specification. The fuels teste...
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We are pleased to inform you that DHL Express has restored all services to and from Canada, and all operations will resume immediately.
Please find attached a bulletin which provides further inf...
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In recent days FOBAS has tested a number of fuels that have a high tested Ash content, above the 0.100%m/m limit for an RMG380 grade. These fuels were bunkered in the second half of April from por...
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In recent days, FOBAS has tested fuel samples from different vessels that have reported problems with fuel injection equipment seemingly caused by a substance sticking and seizing the jerk type fue...
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In recent days, FOBAS has tested several samples from Civitavecchia with Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m. The samples were all high sul...
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In recent days, FOBAS has tested several samples from ARA (Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam) with density results exceeding the ISO8217 specification limit for an RMG380 grade fuel. The off-spec sa...
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In recent days, FOBAS has tested several samples from ARA (Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam) with Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO 8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m. The...
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In recent days, FOBAS has tested several samples from UK ports, Belfast and Fishguard with Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m. The samples...
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Recently FOBAS tested several Residual fuel samples (VLSFO and HSHFO) from Balboa (Panama) which exceeded the 0.50%v/v limit for water as stipulated in the ISO 8217:2024 specification. Water conten...
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Recently a number of ships in the Rotterdam area have, undeclared to them, received fuels with up to around 20% of an ‘unestablished1’ blend component. One of these ‘unestablished’ products appears...
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