200854 Incorrect grade of fuel oil bunkered

An incorrect grade of fuel oil was bunkered on one of our vessels recently. The vessel was described as consuming IFO180 and the charterers had stemmed the grade correctly. However negligence on the part of the supplier resulted in vessel receiving IFO380 instead. Pre-supply documents had clearly indicated that the vessel was to receive the wrong oil; this was overlooked by the chief engineer and thus the vessel is considered to have contributed to the negligence. The discrepancy was detected three days after bunkering.

The supplier accepted responsibility for the wrong supply and the incorrect oil was de-bunkered and the correct grade was supplied. However, the vessel was put off hire during the time taken for this operation.