FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Gilmark DMello, Loss Prevention Executive at Steamship Mutual P&I Club, highlights the operational measures vessels can implement to minimize cat fines in fuel, while also emphasizing the critical role of fuel conditioning systems and crew diligence in effectively managing fuels containing elevated levels of cat fines. Catfines, short for catalytic fines, are “left behind” microscopic particles comprising Aluminium Oxide (Al₂O₃) and Silicon Oxides (SiO₂) from the zeolite catalysts which are added to the catalytic cracking process utilized in crude oil refineries. The presence of catfines in fuels have been associated with damage to not only engine cylinder liners and pistons, but also to components in the fuel system such as injectors, fuel pumps and valves. RelatedNews Pilbara Ports: Best practices for gangway related activities Liberia issues advisory highlighting hazards of fumigation using phosphide var jnews_module_21358482_0_6a0470b230296 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21358482","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,1959,201,544,598","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_cu