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Thu 5 Feb 2015, 10:23 GMT

Bunkers International offering 0.1% ECA fuel in Colombia


Product is said to have a viscosity similar to a 30 cSt fuel at 50 degrees centigrade.

Bunkers International, along with its joint venture partner CI Vanoil Ltda., has today confirmed the availability of a new fuel that is said to meet the new 0.1 percent sulphur requirements for ships navigating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs).

According to Bunkers International, the product being offered is a fuel oil-based product that is produced at the company's new 8,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Cartagena, Colombia.

The fuel is said to have a low pour point, high flash point, low metals, and viscosity similar to a 30 centistoke (cSt) fuel at 50 degrees centigrade.

"Due to its unique quality, it can be used in slow, medium and high-speed marine engines used in the marine transport trade. The product is available immediately in Cartagena by barge and throughout Colombian ports via truck delivery," Bunkers International said today in a statement.

John Canal, CEO of Bunkers International, commented: "We are very excited about this new product and its launch into the strategically important Caribbean and South American region, as a vast majority of the vessels calling Cartagena transit into North American ports or within the 224-mile boundary of the ECA.

"This product addresses the needs of ship owners who must meet the new ECA specification but would prefer not to use marine gasoil due to cost and operational issues. The fuel is produced from a fuel oil base, giving it the characteristics of IFO, with the advantage of a 0.100 max sulphur."

Please find below some of the typcial specifications of the new product, provided by Bunkers International.

Viscosity - cSt at 50c 15R08;30 cst
Sulphur - %m (ppm) Less than 0.100 (or 1000 ppm)
Flash - deg C 70+
Pour - deg C R08;3
TAN - mg KOH/g less than 0.1
Ash - %m LT 0.01
TSP - %m 0.02
Metals (all less than 5 mg/kg) - vanadium, sodium, aluminium, silicon, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, potassium

Bunkers International also offers a range of marine fuel products in Colombia, from 30 cSt to 500 cSt, marine gas oil (MGO), marine diesel oil (MDO), low-sulphur MGO, diluents, lubricants and custom fuel blends. The company supplies via barge and truck and also sells cargoes.

Enquiries can be sent to Bunkers International's head office in Lake Mary, Florida. Contact details have been provided below.

Telephone: +1 407 328 7757

Email: bunkers@bunkersintl.com

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