what are steps that shipstaff must take if bunkers fuel delivered does not meet the quality requirements ? |
The fuel quality parameters may be reliably determined by the testing laboratory only. Therefore it very important not to start using newly bunkered fuel until the lab test results received, especially, if there are any doubts about the bunker quality. Check more details on fuel fuel parameters If testing laboratory confirmed the bad quality of the fuel, there are two options on how which the ship managing company may deal with the situation:
In the case of the last decision made to consume the fuel (most frequent case), there are some extra fuel handling procedures must be carried out by the ship crew:
Nowadays, the most frequently bad quality fuels quality indicated by high Catfines content. Check this question on how to deal with high catfines fuels. |