Manufacturer: Witherbys

Marine Fuels: Preventing Claims and Disputes

£30.00
Quantity and quality issues regarding the supply of marine fuels can lead to potentially complex, costly and lengthy claims and legal disputes. This guide provides helpful advice on how these claims and disputes can be avoided. Just as importantly, it also provides guidance on how to have the best chance of success when pursuing or defending a claim.
Manufacturer part number: WS1712EA
ISBN: 9780995565333
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Author: The North of England P&I Association Ltd

Published: August 2019

This guide aims to assist seagoing officers, vessel operators, vessel managers and time charterers in understanding what can go wrong when purchasing, bunkering and using marine fuels and what steps can be taken to prevent them and mitigate their impact. It explores the subject of marine fuels, from the production and refining process all the way to burning in the vessel’s engines. The nature and characteristics of marine fuels is discussed along with purchasing, contractual obligations, loading, handling, sampling and testing. The guide finishes by looking at claims management and the all-important collection of evidence.

Increasingly stringent environmental regulation has placed more demands on seafarers and operators. Compliance with the global sulphur cap in 2020 has driven the demand for new compliant fuels and new technology. This guide considers this change in the landscape, with a particular focus on the increasing use of LNG as a marine fuel.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of this guide

2020 – a new era

Resolving disputes

PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF MARINE FUELS Characteristics of crude oils

Refinery process

Marine fuel products

Biofuels

LNG as a marine fuel

TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MARINE FUELS Grades

Quality characteristics

Standards for marine fuels

LNG as a marine fuel

PURCHASING MARINE FUELS

Specifying the right fuel

Delivery contracts

Confirmation of stem

Supplier’s standard terms and conditions

Terms implied by law

Bunkers supplied by charterer

LNG as a marine fuel

BUNKERING

Safe handling

General procedures and standards

Bunker checklist

Bunker delivery note

Letter of protest

LNG as a marine fuel

QUANTITY MEASUREMENT

Methods of determining quantity

Mass flow meters

Bunker surveys

Fuel foul play

LNG as a marine fuel

FUEL SAMPLING AND TESTING

Sampling

Testing

LNG as a marine fuel

ON-BOARD STORAGE AND TREATMENT

Fuel storage and transfer systems

Fuel treatment systems

LNG as a marine fuel

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

MARPOL Annex VI

Regional and national regulations

Fuel oil non-availability

Alternative technologies

Other emission-related pollutants

LNG as a marine fuel

CLAIMS MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTING EVIDENCE Action in the event of a quality dispute

Action in the event of a quantity dispute

Impact on insurance

APPENDICES

Recommended clauses

Draft letters

No lien provisions

INDEX

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Author: The North of England P&I Association Ltd

Published: August 2019

This guide aims to assist seagoing officers, vessel operators, vessel managers and time charterers in understanding what can go wrong when purchasing, bunkering and using marine fuels and what steps can be taken to prevent them and mitigate their impact. It explores the subject of marine fuels, from the production and refining process all the way to burning in the vessel’s engines. The nature and characteristics of marine fuels is discussed along with purchasing, contractual obligations, loading, handling, sampling and testing. The guide finishes by looking at claims management and the all-important collection of evidence.

Increasingly stringent environmental regulation has placed more demands on seafarers and operators. Compliance with the global sulphur cap in 2020 has driven the demand for new compliant fuels and new technology. This guide considers this change in the landscape, with a particular focus on the increasing use of LNG as a marine fuel.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of this guide

2020 – a new era

Resolving disputes

PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF MARINE FUELS Characteristics of crude oils

Refinery process

Marine fuel products

Biofuels

LNG as a marine fuel

TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MARINE FUELS Grades

Quality characteristics

Standards for marine fuels

LNG as a marine fuel

PURCHASING MARINE FUELS

Specifying the right fuel

Delivery contracts

Confirmation of stem

Supplier’s standard terms and conditions

Terms implied by law

Bunkers supplied by charterer

LNG as a marine fuel

BUNKERING

Safe handling

General procedures and standards

Bunker checklist

Bunker delivery note

Letter of protest

LNG as a marine fuel

QUANTITY MEASUREMENT

Methods of determining quantity

Mass flow meters

Bunker surveys

Fuel foul play

LNG as a marine fuel

FUEL SAMPLING AND TESTING

Sampling

Testing

LNG as a marine fuel

ON-BOARD STORAGE AND TREATMENT

Fuel storage and transfer systems

Fuel treatment systems

LNG as a marine fuel

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

MARPOL Annex VI

Regional and national regulations

Fuel oil non-availability

Alternative technologies

Other emission-related pollutants

LNG as a marine fuel

CLAIMS MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTING EVIDENCE Action in the event of a quality dispute

Action in the event of a quantity dispute

Impact on insurance

APPENDICES

Recommended clauses

Draft letters

No lien provisions

INDEX

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