An introduction to bunkering [[electronic resource] /] / by Nigel Draffin

• Autore: Draffin Nigel
• Pubblicazione: England, : Petrospot, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Oil transfer operations; Petroleum - Transportation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: An introduction to bunkering
• ISBN: 1-908663-04-9; 1-299-19060-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452286103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II