Flashpoint Bunker Delivery Notes (BDN) 30.03.2024 01:02Appendix V of MARPOL Annex VI details the information which shall be displayed on the Bunker Delivery Note (BDN).
It is the responsibility of the fuel oil suppliers to provide the bunker delivery note, which must remain on the vessel, for inspection purposes, for a period of three years after the fuel has been delivered.
IMO through Resolution MEPC.362(79) approved a change to the contents of the Bunker Delivery Note (BDN) i.e., inclusion of a statement on flashpoint:
Information to be included in the bunker delivery note (regulation 18.5)
2 The following new item 9 and associated footnote are added to the list, below item 8
"Sulphur content (% m/m)":
2 The following new item 9 and associated footnote are added to the list, below item 8
"Sulphur content (% m/m)":
The flashpoint (°C) specified in accordance with standards acceptable to the Organization,* or a statement that the flashpoint has been measured at or above 70ºC;
Moreover, the amended Appendix V also stipulates the relevant test method for the flashpoint which is ISO 2719:2016, determination of flashpoint – Pensky-Martens closed cup method, Procedure A (for distillate fuels) or Procedure B (for Residual fuels).
Suppliers should start to put above information on the BDNs for fuel deliveries on and after 1st May 2024. However, in cases where this information is missing then as fuel buyers, this should be flagged with the supplier and recorded by issuing a ‘letter of protest’.
