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Mike
A ship I was on based out of Singapore took bunkers arranged by one of 
the chief engineers (we had 5 as there was an over supply at the time) 
anyway seems he had struck a deal to take the dregs from the bunker 
tanks and sign for top quality the difference being handed over in cash 
which was distributed among the knowing, the reasoning being as it 
wouldn't make any difference as the fuel would be put though the 
centrifugal filters before use anyway, we steamed away heading for the 
Philippians only to come to a grinding stop just by the rocks east of 
the Singapore departure cant remember their names seems the filters were 
blocked and as fast as they were switched over and cleaned they blocked 
again, anyway we limped back to an anchorage and sent a sample of the 
fuel to be analysed the reply came back along with a couple of drums of 
bactericide and all was well, it was never was figured out whether it 
was the ships tanks or the new fuel which was the cause of the 
contamination, we had been sitting in port for some time with nearly 
empty tanks the chief was a worried man though for a while, and the 5 
captains we also had were not too impressed the $$ in hand not enough to 
compensate for nearly ending up on the rocks
frank


On 5/18/2013 4:52 PM, M.j. Feltham wrote:
> Whilst working for my last company, a HK Chinese outfit, we occasionally bunkered at Sin5gapore.  We regularly had different figures from the bunker ship.  This was usually settled by the Owners Agent boarding and telling me to compromise and sign for half of the missing amount.  You didn't know if he was in on the deal !  Lloyds appointed their own Surveyors but it didn't make much difference.
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