An introduction to bunkering / by Nigel Draffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draffin, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil transfer operations.

Petroleum--Transportation.

Petroleum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

England : Petrospot, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a highly respected and invaluable introduction to the bunker industry. It provides clear answers to complicated questions and its useful, up-to-date data and illustrations will help anyone in the maritime industry to understand exactly what bunkering is all about.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About the author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents ""; ""Chapter 1 - What are Bunkers?""; ""Types of fuel ""; ""Residual fuel ""; ""Distillate fuel ""; ""Daily consumption""; ""The size of the bunker market""; ""Chapter 2 - Who buys and who sells?""; ""Buyers""; ""Sellers""; ""Brokers""; ""Chapter 3 - Who else takes part?""; ""Port authorities""; ""Customs""; ""Delivery companies""; ""Agents""; ""Shipping jargon""; ""Ship types""; ""Chapter 4 - Prices""; ""Bunker price reports""; ""Hedging""; ""Posted prices""

""Chapter 5 - How to buy, how to sell""""What to buy? ""; ""Where to buy?""; ""Bunker ports""; ""Port restrictions""; ""Offshore deliveries""; ""How much to buy?""; ""Vessel restrictions""; ""When to buy?""; ""Enquiry""; ""Offer""; ""Model offers""; ""Delivery charges""; ""Negotiation""; ""Fixture""; ""Confirmation""; ""Post fixture""; ""Invoicing""; ""Payment""; ""Chapter 6 - Terms and Conditions""; ""Principal clauses""; ""Chapter 7 - Bunker properties""; ""Units""; ""Manufacture""; ""Elements""; ""Contaminants""; ""Adulterants""; ""Properties for which we test""; ""Density""; ""Viscosity""

""Water""""Ash""; ""Carbon Residue""; ""Sulphur""; ""Aluminium""; ""Silicon""; ""Vanadium""; ""Total Sediment Potential (TSP)""; ""Sodium""; ""Calcium, zinc and phosphorous""; ""Iron""; ""Nickel""; ""Asphaltenes""; ""Pour point""; ""Flash point""; ""Hydrogen sulphide""; ""Stability""; ""Compatibility""; ""Ease of ignition""; ""Microbial contamination""; ""Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Screening""; ""Safety issues""; ""Fire and explosion""; ""Health""; ""Material Safety Data Sheets""; ""Pollution""; ""Chapter 8 - Bunker specifications""; ""Origins""; ""Current standards""

""ISO 8217""""CIMAC 2003""; ""Chapter 9 - How are bunkers delivered?""; ""Barge""; ""Dumb barges""; ""Self propelled barges""; ""Coastal tankers""; ""Pipeline""; ""Road tanker""; ""Rail tanker""; ""Drum""; ""Booming""; ""Delivery procedures""; ""Access""; ""Communications""; ""Sampling""; ""Chapter 10 - How are bunkers measured?""; ""Measurement details""; ""Chapter 11 - How are bunkers used?""; ""Diesel engine""; ""Slow speed diesel""; ""Medium speed diesel""; ""High speed diesel""; ""Boilers""; ""Steam turbine""; ""Gas turbine""; ""Fuel storage""; ""Fuel treatment""; ""Settling""

""Centrifuging""""Heaters ""; ""Filtration""; ""Injection viscosity""; ""Chapter 12 - What can go wrong?""; ""Quantity dispute""; ""Delay to shipping ""; ""Delay to barge""; ""Quality dispute""; ""Debunkering""; ""Chapter 13 - How to avoid and deal with problems""; ""Dispute communications""; ""Notice of claim""; ""Exchange of information""; ""Referee analysis""; ""Surveyors""; ""Evidence""; ""Advice""; ""Resolution""; ""Appendix I - International Organisations, Legislation and Regulation""; ""Flag State and Port State""; ""International Maritime Organization""

""Proposed changes to sulphur limits""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-908663-04-9

1-299-19060-X

OCLC:

923327219