FOBAS: 91 instances of off-spec bunker fuel cases in 2H January
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The Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) identified a total of 91 instances where a result was outside the 95% confidence limit of either the ISO 8217 6th edition test parameter or a value given by the BDN or sample label in the period between 15 to 31 (2H) January 2019.
Bunker samples collected at Singapore port in the two-week period had the most off-spec cases.
The top bunker ports with reported off-spec bunker fuel cases in 2H January are as follows:
| Port | Characteristic | ISO 8217 Limit or Advised Value |
Final result | Unit |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9908** | 0.9939 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9908** | 0.9920 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Density at 15°C | 0.9907** | 0.9929 | kg/l |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 6 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | oC |
| Singapore | Pour point | 0* | 9 | oC |
| Singapore | Viscosity at 50°C | 179.8** | 211.4 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Density at 15°C | 0.9908** | 0.9920 | kg/l |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 369.0** | 401.0 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 369.0** | 396.7 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 369.0** | 396.8 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 369.0** | 401.7 | cSt |
| Rotterdam | Viscosity at 50°C | 380.0** | 411.6 | cSt |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.73 | % Mass |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.82 | % Mass |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.68 | % Mass |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.78 | % Mass |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.77 | % Mass |
| Fujairah | Sulphur | 3.48** | 3.72 | % Mass |
*ISO 8217 6th edition limit
**Advised value from BDN or sample label.
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Related: FOBAS: Rotterdam continues to be top off-spec bunker port in H2 September
Related: FOBAS: Rotterdam tops off-spec bunker fuel list in H1 September
Related: FOBAS: Singapore tops off-spec bunker fuel list for 2H August
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Published: 8 February, 2019
