ISO 8217:2017 - 6th Edition of the Specifications of Marine Fuels Has Been Published

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Tuesday March 21, 2017

Chevron Fuels Technologist Monique Vermeire, the Convenor of the ISO/TC28/SC4/WG6 Marine fuels specifications, today has informed that the 6th edition of the ISO 8217 specifications of marine fuels, ISO 8217:2017, has now been published.

The Convenor has advised that the following changes have been introduced:

  • Changes to Scope:
    • Term Fuels includes:
      • Hydrocarbons from petroleum crude oil, oil sands and shale
      • Hydrocarbons from synthetic or renewable sources, similar in composition to petroleum distillate fuels (eg hydrotreated VGO)
      • Blends of the above with FAME component where permitted
  • Changes to General Requirements
  • Additional distillate grades: DFA,DFZ and DFB allowing up to 7 v% FAME
  • DMA/DFA and DMZ/DFZ: max 1,00 % S
  • DMB: max 1,50 % S
  • DMA/DFA and DMZ/DFZ winter grade: cloud point and CFFP: to be reported
  • De minimis level of FAME in DMA, DMZ, DMB and RM grades : increased up to approx 0,5 % FAME
  • Some annexes have been deleted but key information has been incorporated in the body of the Standard

The full standard is available on the ISO website here: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:8217:ed-6:v1:en

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