Between February and also May 2020 BIMCO, The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERCARGO and also INTERTANKO carried out The Fuel Oil Quality and also Safety Survey with the goal to obtain a better understanding of the top quality of the brand-new gas oils and also feasible security ramifications of the IMO 2020 sulphur policy.
The dataset evaluated, with concerns being created in a much more common means and also targeted at shore-based workers, was based upon 192 actions from people of the corresponding participants’ technological (52.6%), functional (21.9%) and also shelter (8.3%) divisions.
BIMCO kept in mind that the circulation regularity of responses can not be thought about to stand for the regularity of troubles on the planet fleet. However, it does offer a sign of where the obstacles might have been for the delivery market on an international basis because 1 January 2020.
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The responses and also remarks supplied by participants recommend that the shift to IMO 2020 certified gas oil (0.5% sulphur) has actually not lacked troubles. Furthermore, as gas oil residential or commercial properties are rising and fall, top quality and also security troubles will certainly remain to be a difficulty for the worldwide delivery market.
With brand-new mix percentages and also feedstocks requiring to be created in order to develop gas blends that abide by the IMO’s brand-new 0.5 percent sulphur restriction, Olivier Baiwir–
He included,“Clearly, whilst Covid-19 has not assisted the situation for bunker suppliers, fluctuating fuel issues such as poor stability and compatibility, higher pour point, fluctuating viscosities and fuel contamination can all lead to low shelf life of some VLSFO’s.”
