#U.n. calls sweeping action root out series

The role of the UN shipping regulator, the IMO is central to how the VLSFO ship fuel controversy came about.

#U.n. calls sweeping action root out series

This ship fuel is now suspected to be behind a series of ship engine failures around the world, as industry reports reveal ship engine incidents have significantly increased since the introduction of VLSFO last year at the insistence of the Secretary General of the UNвЂ™s IMO, Kitack Lim. spiked over 100% in 2020 over previous years due to the introduction of VLSFO Marine Propulsion Industry publication Marine Propulsion's January 2021 edition reveals that ship engine issues have. This means the oil and shipping industry have worked together to put out experimental fuels that put the ocean, coastal communities and seafarersвЂ™ lives at risk, without any external oversight or safeguards, as the island of Mauritius discovered last August. Interviews with Government regulators around the world also reveals that no major Government is regularly sampling, testing or monitoring the VLSFO ship fuel now in use by 70% of ships around the world. Industry analysts at last October CMA Shipping Conference saying these numbers were likely to be much higher. Industry analysis revealed that 6% of fuel samples taken were found to be off specification, meaning that 3600 ships could be at risk at any one moment. In situations where this was not being done and poorly monitored, ship crews were essentially being asked to perform giant chemistry experiments in the middle of the ocean to try and get the fuel to work, causing significant risk to themselves and the environment. The worldвЂ™s largest ship engine manufacturers such as WГ¤rtsilГ¤ Marine Power, MAN Energy Solutions and providers of lubricants for ship engines, such as Chevron Marine Lubricants, all emphasized the importance of proper handling of these new low-sulfur fuels in order to meet ship engine manufacturer safety standards and safe ship operations.