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 Criminals are illegally disposing of chemical waste in bunker fuel used in the port of Rotterdam, according to Dutch police.
Dutch national police force spokesman Ed Kraszewski recently announced that tests on fuel carried from Rotterdam to Antwerp on inland bunker tankers found that nearly a third contained waste products not naturally present in bunker fuel, including chlorine and zinc.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8217 specifies the standards and requirements for marine fuels supplied to ships, and takes into the account the international
requirements such as the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions in respect of the allowable limits or contents in flash point and sulphur, respectively.
2 With effect from 1 July 2012, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will adopt the application of the 4th edition of 8217 (ISO 8217:2010) for marine fuels supplied within the Port of Singapore through the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering or SS600. The ISO 8217:2010 includes two new fuel characteristics, namely Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) in liquid phase and Oxidation Stability (OS).
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IN ENGINES USING HEAVY FUELS OF VARYING SULFUR CONTENT
Please study the attached news item from bunkerworld.com m dated March 19, 2012.
Claims are being made that a single grade cylinder oil with a median base number (BN) can be used where the engine is required to burn Sulfur from 3.0% to 0.3% (say from Singapore to Santos).
This major oil company specializing in lubricants is warning that a careful evaluation has to be made.
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 Shipowners that use "one fits all" mid-range base number (BN) marine lubricants to meet tightening environmental legislation on sulphur content in bunker fuel will risk damaging engine components and affecting engine performance, says Castrol Marine.
The company recommends a range of cylinder oils, taking into account fuel sulphur content, engine power and cylinder oil feed rate, to be used to enable a ship to operate most efficiently.
"Castrol believes that increasing the BN in cylinder oil is a better alternative than having to increase feed rates for mid-range BN cylinder oils when using higher sulphur fuels," it said.
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 New requirements from the Turkish Authorities to use low sulphur fuel oils in Turkish ports and waters entered into force on 1 January 2012. The Turkish requirements are much in line with those which already apply in EU ports and waters. We are seeing an increase in requests for clarifications of these requirements. This newsletter provides some of the latest information DNV has received so far.
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