VPS Talks: Detection – Ship & Bunker

Some firms have tried to get round Singapore's mass stream meter mandate. File Image / Pixabay However many safeguards are put in place, there are all the time some who will exit of their technique to try to cheat the...

VPS Talks: Damage Prevention – Ship & Bunker

The LPG tanker in VPS's case examine bunkered at Fujairah. File Image / Pixabay Preventing harm is best – and cheaper – than curing it. AT VPS, we've typically seen that issues akin to engine failure, gas pump failure and...

VPS Talks: Prevention – Ship & Bunker

Close consideration must be paid to a vessel's pipes to see the place bunkers might go lacking. Image Credit: VPS Bunker amount management continues to be underestimated. And that is costing operators hundreds of {dollars} per day. In 2019, our...

VPS Talks: Protection – Ship & Bunker

Cat fines could cause harm to piston rings. Image Credit: VPS One of crucial, but undervalued, advantages of gasoline high quality testing is turnaround time. Because the earlier a possible danger is highlighted, the faster you'll be able to take...

Swedish Club ties with VPS to add bunker alerts in new loss prevention tool – ShipInsight

In addition to actual time personalised loss prevention recommendation, tailor-made to their location, and voyage profile TELP 2.0 now supplies members with focused Bunker Alerts, warning vessels headed for port of any gas high quality points which have been reported...

Swedish Club Supplies Members With Targeted VPS Bunker Alerts

The new system will allow larger vigilance over high quality points, based on the Swedish Club's Peter Stålberg. Image Credit: Swedish Club Insurance affiliation the Swedish Club is now utilizing knowledge from testing agency VPS to supply its members with alerts...

Manifold Times | FUJCON 2021: Sulphur off-specs in bunker fuel samples more than doubled on year in 2021, observes VPS

International fuel testing and inspection firm VPS has recorded a leap in the variety of off-spec bunker fuel samples – notably for 0.50% sulphur content material – in the present year so far, observes the Managing Director AMEA at VPS....

Manifold Times | Interview: VPS Bunker Surveyors record total 82,490 MT of undeclared bunkers in 2020

VPS Bunker Surveyors recorded a total 82,490 MT of undeclared bunkers final 12 months, many of which might have been prevented if stakeholders employed bunker surveyors at only a fraction of the fee, based on the worldwide gasoline testing and...

Manifold Times | FUJCON 2021: VPS experts offer insight on biofuel bunker properties at virtual roundtable

A rising variety of main shipowners have already begun trials on rising marine biofuels to energy their business vessels, based on experts at worldwide gasoline testing and inspection firm VPS. The agency organised the VPS Fuel Management Challenges – Moving...