Tainted bunkers in Asia add to shipowners’ woes amid price and supply pressures

Compounding existing concerns over price and limited availability, shipowners seeking bunkers in Asia face another issue: tainted fuel. Marine insurer Skuld has issued an advisory warning members of a pattern of on-spec but potentially problematic fuel being bunkered across Asia, particularly in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. While the fuels meet standard ISO 8217 parameters, …

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