18OCT2018 - NEWS - As per IBIA fuel contamination is not related to Low Sulphur Fuel Oil Blending

During the recently held autumn 2018 edition of World Bunkering, the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) announced that fuel contamination cases that have affected a number of ships this year are completely unrelated to low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) blending. However, challenges that will occur when suppliers need to find new blend recipes to produce fuels to comply with the 0.5% sulphur limit are not to be underestimated. In this regard, nothing is changing in 2020 — low sulphur fuels will still be blends and the blend components need to be permissible under the scope of the ISO 8217 standard, according to IBIA.

Published by Editor - www.Livebunkers.com at 18-Oct-2018 05:07:40 [UTC] , contact editor at editor@livebunkers.com