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Date: 02 Mar 2015

Service update Off-specification fuel quality report

Applicability Lloyds Register FOBAS clients
Information

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Between 15 and 28 Feb 2015 FOBAS identified 60 instances where a result was outside
the 95% confidence limit of either ISO 8217 5th edition test parameter or a value given by
the BDN or sample label

Port

Characteristic

Abidjan

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Water

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Antwerp

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Viscosity at 40C

""

Balikpapan
Balikpapan

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Carbon residue
Pour point

""

Bintulu

""

Pour point

""

Brunsbuttel

""

Cartagena
Cartagena
Cartagena

""

Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi

""

Durban

""

ISO 8217 Limit or Advised Value Final result Unit

0.50*

""

0.90

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% Volume

6.00**

""

6.3

""

cSt

0.30*
6*

""

1.36
18

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% Mass
C

0*

""

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

380.0**

""

397.3

""

cSt

Density at 15C
Density at 15C
Viscosity at 50C

""

0.9878**
0.9899**
275.0**

""

0.9921
0.9934
455.3

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kg/l
kg/l
cSt

Lubricity
Lubricity

""

520*
520*

""

617
626

""

Sulphur

""

0.09**

""

0.35

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% Mass

Esbjerg

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

174.0**

""

309.6

""

cSt

Genova
Genova

""

ULO
Viscosity at 50C

""

""

""

180.0**

""

277.5

""

""
cSt

Guiuan

""

Sulphur

""

0.09**

""

0.24

""

% Mass

Hamburg

""

Total Sediment Potential 0.10*

""

0.16

""

% Mass

Haydarpasa

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

380.0**

""

411.4

""

cSt

Houston

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

350.6**

""

408.8

""

cSt

Hurghada

""

Sulphur

""

0.04**

""

0.17

""

% Mass

Istanbul

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

372.7**

""

409.3

""

cSt

Khor Fakkan

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

180.0**

""

207.5

""

cSt

Lome

""

Sulphur

""

0.09**

""

0.21

""

% Mass

Madre de Deus

""

Sulphur

""

0.04**

""

0.14

""

% Mass

""

""

180.0**

""

200.0

""

cSt

New Orleans

""

MCR 10% bottom

""

0.30*

""

2.78

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% Mass

New York

""

ULO

""

""

Detected

""

Newark

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

""

735.0

""

cSt

Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk

""

0.17
1.00

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% Mass
% Volume

Off Trinidad
Off Trinidad

""

1.30
1.00

""

Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus

""

0.12
397.2
188.8

""

Port Canaveral

""

Port of Spain

""

Sidi Kerir Terminal

""

Singapore

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

Malta - Port not stated Viscosity at 50C

""

""

485.4**

""

""

""

""

Total Sediment Potential 0.10*

Water
0.50*
Water
Water

""

Sulphur
Viscosity at 50C
Viscosity at 50C

""

Lubricity

""

Water

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

Density at 15C

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

m
m

0.50*
0.50*

""

0.10**
364.0**
180.0**

""

520*

""

583

""

0.50*

""

1.20

""

% Volume

380.0**

""

418.5

""

cSt

0.9909**

""

0.9920

""

kg/l

""

""

""

""

""

""

% Volume
% Volume
% Mass
cSt
cSt

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore

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Skagen

""

St Petersburg

""

Texas City
Texas City

""

Valletta

""

Vanino

""

Zona De Alijo

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

Density at 15C
Density at 15C
Density at 15C
Pour point
Pour point
Pour point
Pour point
Pour point
Viscosity at 50C
Viscosity at 50C
Water
Water
Water

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Cetane index

""

Water

""

Density at 15C
Viscosity at 50C

""

Sulphur

""

Water

""

Viscosity at 50C

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

0.9909**
0.9900**
0.9908**
0*
0*
0*
0*
0*
170.0**
366.8**
0.50*
0.50*
0.50*

""

40**

""

0.50*

""

0.9896**
374.9**

""

0.10**

""

0.50*

""

349.0**

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

0.9923
0.9942
0.9925
6
6
12
9
9
372.8
687.0
2.90
0.70
0.90

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39

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Index

0.75

""

% Volume

1.0040
411.1

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kg/l
cSt

0.20

""

% Mass

0.85

""

% Volume

407.0

""

cSt

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

""

kg/l
kg/l
kg/l
C
C
C
C
C
cSt
cSt
% Volume
% Volume
% Volume

*ISO 8217 5th edition limit

** Advised value from BDN or sample label
*** Due to the statutory significance of Flash Point the 95% confidence limit is not applied
This report contains selected parameters taken from the FOBAS routine analysis data of ship drawn as bunkered samples. These reports will
provide progressive snap shot information every two weeks on the problematic quality characteristics of marine fuels as tested but should not
be viewed in isolation. The results given, of course, do not necessarily reflect the overall quality of fuels delivered at a particular port.
Note: 95% confidence limit as per ISO 4259; Petroleum products Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of
test

Note: This report has been prepared against ISO 8217 5th edition, as published 15 August 2012, which introduced two changes with respect to the 4th
edition see FOBAS Frequently Asked Questions on ISO 8217 for more details (available in our technical library at www.fobas.com).
However, we fully recognise that many of the fuel deliveries covered by this report will have been specified and delivered against earlier versions of ISO
8217 or other specifications and hence will include instances where the fuel as bunkered was fully within the purchasers required specification. As has
always been the case for FOBAS, it is recognised that there is an important distinction between a fuel not meeting, or meeting, a specification
requirement and its suitability for use in particular cases.
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