Alerts

Blending of ‘unestablished’ biofuel feedstocks in marine fuels
Issued: 2024-03-15 12:45:09 UTC

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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Off-specification Sulphur fuels in UAE ports
Issued: 2023-09-04 11:43:20 UTC

In the last month FOBAS has tested a number of samples from UAE ports which have shown Sulphur results above the required limits.

Please find attached a bulletin which provides further information.

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Possible Fuel Contamination in Houston and US Gulf Area
Issued: 2023-07-11 09:49:11 UTC

In the last month, FOBAS has dealt with a number of problematic VLSFO RM fuels from the US Gulf region, specifically from Houston and New Orleans. During the use of these fuels vessels have reporte...

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Low Flash Point MGO Fuels in Naples and Salerno - Italy
Issued: 2023-05-17 09:41:09 UTC

In the last month FOBAS has tested a number of samples from Naples and Salerno, which were ordered and supplied as DMA grade fuel however had tested flash points that were below the 60°C SOLAS mini...

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ULSFO fuels exceeding 0.10% sulphur limit in ARA region
Issued: 2023-01-27 15:17:07 UTC

In recent days FOBAS has tested a number of samples from ARA Region (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp), which were ordered and supplied as ULSFO (0.10%), however had tested sulphur contents which exce...

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Low flash point VLSFO fuels in Singapore
Issued: 2022-11-04 12:06:28 UTC

In recent days FOBAS has tested a number of samples from Singapore, which were ordered and supplied as VLSFO, however had tested flash points which were below the 60°C SOLAS minimum limit.

Pleas...

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Contaminated Fuels from ARA Region - An Update
Issued: 2022-08-04 15:47:19 UTC

Further to our previous bulletin issued detailing contaminated fuels found in the ARA area, we have seen further similar cases which suggests this contamination is an ongoing issue.

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Off Specification Sediment (TSP) Fuels from ARA (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp) Region
Issued: 2022-06-28 15:09:40 UTC

In the last three weeks FOBAS has tested several samples from the ARA region which had tested Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO 8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m.

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Contaminated Fuels from ARA (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp) Region
Issued: 2022-06-27 12:07:25 UTC

Recently FOBAS has investigated a number of VLSFO samples that were bunkered in the ARA region over recent months. Feedback from a number of ships that had used such fuels indicated that they encou...

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High water in fuels from Singapore
Issued: 2022-06-10 13:58:50 UTC

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.

Please find attached an alert whic...

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