Bunker Claims
Prevention – A Guide to Good Practice
SECOND EDITION
Richard Bracken, Chris Fisher
and Mike Salthouse
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ISBN 978-0-9558257-2-9 – 96 pp A5 – £30
>> This unique illustrated guide
explains how to avoid the potentially catastrophic losses arising from loading marine
fuel oils of unsuitable quality or insufficient quantity. It aims to assist
ship’s officers, operators and managers understand the pitfalls of the
bunkering process and the steps which should be undertaken in the event of
a dispute arising.
>> The second edition has been fully
updated to take into account the requirements and implications the latest
edition of ISO 8217 specification
for marine fuels and the 2008 revisions to MARPOL Annex VI on air
pollution restrictions, including the new requirements for Emission Control
Areas.
>> The nature of marine fuel oil
is explained along with associated purchasing contracts, loading and handling
procedures, shipboard treatment methods, sampling and testing techniques
and loss prevention and insurance aspects.
The guide includes a copy of the BIMCO Standard Bunker Contract,
recommended clauses for bunker quality control and a set of recommended
standard letters.
>> The main authors are
marine engineer Chris Fisher,
formerly with Texaco and DNV Petroleum and now director of Bunker Claims
International; marine engineer Richard
Bracken, formerly with Shell Tankers and now underwriter at North of
England P&I club; and solicitor Mike
Salthouse, formerly with Norton Rose and now claims director at North of
England.