TMC Marine's Gary Rawlings had three cases of engine breakdowns caused by poor fuel management on his mind when he met up with TradeWinds recently.

It is not an uncommon situation for the marine engineer in his role representing marine insurers — and poor-quality marine fuels feature heavily in a loss-prevention booklet on engine breakdowns that his team has recently produced along with Bureau Veritas and the London protection-and-indemnity (P&I) club.