<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This document in its entirety defines the general requirements and specifications for fuels used in marine diesel engines and boilers, prior to onboard fuel handling (storage, settling, centrifuging, filtration, heating) before use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For the purposes of this document, the term “fuels” comprises of the following:</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>hydrocarbons from petroleum crude oil, oil sands and shale oil;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>synthetic hydrocarbons, renewable hydrocarbons or hydrocarbons from recycled sources, with molecular structures that are indistinguishable from petroleum hydrocarbons;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), where permitted as specified in this document; </span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>blends of any of the above, where permitted as specified in this document.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The general requirements and specifications for fuels in this document can also be applied to fuels used in stationary diesel engines of the same or similar type as those used for marine purposes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This document specifies seven categories of distillate fuels, one of which is for diesel engines used for emergency purposes. It also specifies four categories of residual fuels for sulfur content at or below 0,50 % by mass, five categories of residual fuels containing FAME and five categories of residual fuels for sulfur content exceeding 0,50 % by mass.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This document in its entirety defines the general requirements and specifications for fuels used in marine diesel engines and boilers, prior to onboard fuel handling (storage, settling, centrifuging, filtration, heating) before use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For the purposes of this document, the term “fuels” comprises of the following:</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>hydrocarbons from petroleum crude oil, oil sands and shale oil;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>synthetic hydrocarbons, renewable hydrocarbons or hydrocarbons from recycled sources, with molecular structures that are indistinguishable from petroleum hydrocarbons;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), where permitted as specified in this document; </span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="tab-stops: 19.85pt 39.7pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt 119.05pt 138.9pt 158.75pt 178.6pt 7.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>blends of any of the above, where permitted as specified in this document.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The general requirements and specifications for fuels in this document can also be applied to fuels used in stationary diesel engines of the same or similar type as those used for marine purposes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This document specifies seven categories of distillate fuels, one of which is for diesel engines used for emergency purposes. It also specifies four categories of residual fuels for sulfur content at or below 0,50 % by mass, five categories of residual fuels containing FAME and five categories of residual fuels for sulfur content exceeding 0,50 % by mass.</span></p>
