On 11 March 2022, a VPS Bunker Alert informed about chlorinated hydrocarbons being found and identified in Heavy Fuel Oil (HSFO) deliveries recently made in Singapore. With shipping worried about the situation’s consequences, Bureau Veritas VeriFuel answered some of the most common questions regarding this issue.
A Master and the First Officer of the 289-metre bulk carrier, the Sea Coen, have been convicted and fined $40,000 and $35,000 respectively after pleading guilty for exiting a designated shipping area within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
SAFEMODE project is EU-funded SAFEMODE project focuses on ways to enhance Safety Culture.
Last month, the World Maritime University hosted a webinar to introduce the White Paper “Towards a Safety Learning Culture for the Shipping Industry”, which has been developed within the framework of the EU-funded SAFEMODE project and involves a maritime-aviation partnership.
Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) warned shipowners that the fuel testing laboratory found Total Sediment Potential (TSP) results exceeding the ISO 8217 specification limit of 0.10% m/m when testing VLSFO samples from the ARA region in the last three weeks.