In-house Bunker Course
This three-day bespoke training course is designed to cater for up to 15 participants representing different disciplines with the same company. It provides a solid introduction to traditional bunker fuels, including technical and operational issues, fuel specifications and testing, and alternative fuels. Similar courses, or one-, two-, three- or four-day duration can be created to suit every in-house training requirement.
Programme
Day 1: An Introduction to Bunkering
- Introduction: what are ‘Bunker fuels’?
- The parties involved (e.g. buyers, suppliers, brokers, agents, etc)
- The buying and selling process
- Fuel specifications and properties
- Fuel delivery and measurements (including mass flow meters)
- Onboard fuel usage and treatment
- Pre-delivery checks and documentation in a bunkering operation
- Delivery procedure and documentation whilst bunkering is in progress
- Environmental, Health and Safety Regulations and Compliance
- Resolving problems and disputes
Day 2: Bunker fuel specification ISO 8217
- History of the specification
- Edition 2024 and changes from previous Editions
- ISO 8217 and refining/production of bunker fuels
- Introducing the tables
- Introducing the parameters
- Significance and impact on vessel operation
- Sampling and fuel testing
Day 3: Alternative Fuels
- Regulation & legislation – including lifecycle analysis (LCA), tank to wake profile, IMO regulation (existing and in process), and the impact of national regulation (North America, EU (FuelEU Maritime, Alternative Fuels Directive)
- Ethical and sustainability issues in relation to feedstock used in first- and second-generation biofuels; the potential for third generation biofuels
- The types of biofuels (FAME, HVO, etc.), their production and characteristics, Table of differences
- Supply and demand outlook
- Biofuel quality and blending
- Biofuel specifications, covering inclusion in ISO 8217, and future specifications
- Operational and storage issues
- Case study
- Commercial issues – pricing and sustainability certification
- Pre-delivery checks and documentation in a bunkering operation
- Delivery procedure and documentation whilst bunkering is in progress
- Environmental, Health and Safety Regulations and Compliance
