Contaminated marine fuel that clogs and damages ship engines has been found in Singapore, the world’s largest ship refuelling hub, according to sources and an alert sent to clients by a marine fuel surveying company.
Singapore-based marine fuel surveyor and consulting firm Maritec Pte Ltd warned clients that six samples of ship fuel sold in Singapore had “resulted in severe sludging at centrifuges, clogged pipelines, overwhelmed fuel filters”.
The Singapore findings follow reports of more than 100 vessels that loaded similarly contaminated fuel in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Panama and the Dutch Antilles earlier this year, said the alert notice, provided to Reuters by a Singapore-based bunker fuels trader.
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新加坡港受污染燃油阻塞船舶引擎
据一家船用燃油检验公司向其客户发布的警示信息，新加坡作为全球最大的船舶加油中心，出现了受污染船用燃油，阻塞和损坏船舶引擎事件。
位于新加坡的船用燃油检验和咨询公司(Maritec Pte Ltd)提醒客户，6份新加坡出售的船用燃油油样检测结果表明“导致分油机、燃油管道、滤器严重油泥堵塞”。
一名新加坡燃油贸易商向Reuters透露，新加坡此前曾连续发布多篇报道提醒，今年早些时候在美国墨西哥湾沿岸、巴拿马和列斯群岛已有100多艘船只装载了类似受污染的燃油。
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