Bulletins
At MEPC 83, 7th – 11th April 2025, MEPC approved ‘Interim Guidance on the Carriage of Blends of Biofuels and MARPOL Annex I Cargoes by Conventional Bunker Ships’ which will be duly issued as MEPC.1...
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Lloyd's Register FOBAS is delighted to announce that we have updated our on-line Fuel Finder stats tool which is available for our FOBAS clients to assist them with fuel quality decisions. With th...
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One of the key changes in the 7th Edition of ISO 8217, issued last year, is the integration of drop-in biofuels from renewable sources into the marine fuel mix. Since biofuels have inherently lowe...
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The FOBAS Fuel Quality Report H2 2024, which examines fuel quality trends from the second half of 2024, has now been released.
Please find attached a bulletin which provides further information ...
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IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) during recent sessions (MSC 108 and MEPC 81) jointly approved the fuel oil sampling guidelines MSC-MEPC.2/...
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Alternative maritime fuels have become increasingly important, as a response to stricter environmental regulations on emissions, driving technological advancements and improving the industry's sust...
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Lloyd’s Register are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at SMM Hamburg (Hall B2, Stand 198) from the 3rd – 6th September 2024. We would also like to welcome you in joining the FOBAS tea...
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Further to our last bulletin, please note that CIMAC WG7 (Fuels) has released a very comprehensive document titled Design and operation of fuel cleaning systems for diesel engines.
Similarly, CI...
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Further to our last bulletin, please note that CIMAC WG7 (Fuels) in support of adopting recently published ISO 8217:2024 marine fuel standard, has released a biofuel guidance document titled ‘Marin...
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Further to our last bulletin, please note that ISO secretariate has published the 7th edition of ISO 8217 and is now available for download.
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