The fuel contamination incident in Houston Splash reported on a month ago has now spread to Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub.
Fuel checker VPS reported a VLSFO contamination case at the Texan port on July 11, the largest bunkering hub in the Americas.
VPS detected the presence of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) and associated isomers at significantly high levels in VLSFO bunker fuel deliveries in Houston from a single supplier for three months from March to May this year.
DCPDs are unsaturated chemical compounds which can make bunker fuel more sticky and viscous. Many vessels subsequently lost power and propulsion from the off-spec fuel.
VPS now states that 14 ships have taken on contaminated fuel which has caused damage, and while 12 of them bought the bunkers in Houston, two were topping up in Singapore.
Multiple, multi-million dollar court cases were launched from the last big bunker contamination case in Houston three years ago.
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