DNV GL, VPS Launch Fuel Analytics Tool
Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and DNV GL have launched a new Fuel Analytics solution. As part of DNV GLâs ECO Insight fleet performance management portal, the tool will enable a systematic assessment of the impact of fuel quality on vessel performance. The Fuel Analytics solution is the result of an ongoing close cooperation between VPS and DNV GL. âWe have been the largest fuel testing services provider since our inception in 1981,â said Gerard Rohaan, CEO of VPS. âAnd as a result we have the worldâs largest fuel sampling database â over two million tested samples.
Warnings of Off Spec Fuel Deliveries at Riga
Fuel testing agency Lintec Testing Services has warned that three fuel oil samples taken recently from vessels that have bunkered in Riga, Latvia, have shown the presence of Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD), a synthetic substance not naturally occurring within marine fuel. Lintec Managing Director Geoff Jones said, âThe presence of DCPD was detected by Lintecâs chemical screening service. This fuel is clearly in breach of Section 5.1 of the ISO-8217 specification, which clearly states that âthe fuels should be homogeneous blends of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum refining. This shall not preclude the incorporation of small amounts of additives intended to improve some aspects of performance. The fuels shall be free from inorganic acids and from used lubricating oils.