Diesel Bug – The Basics, free at Seawork

The booklet is aimed at managers needing a brief overview or as a first step on the knowledge ladder for technical staff.

Conidia Bioscience, inventors and manufacturers of the 10 minute test detecting microbial contamination, have distilled the essence of this subject into this digestible synopsis, as part of their drive to provide good quality, impartial and easily accessible information to fuel users.

Conidia worked with IMarEST’s Small Ships Group and other partners including Eurotank Ltd, in October 2010, to run the Marine Fuel Conference which culminated in the publishing the downloadable book http://www.imarest.org/Community/TechnicalActivities/SpecialInterestGroups/SmallShipsGroupSSG.aspx , which is currently the best detailed guide to the operational management of the marine diesel bug problem. This book costs just £7 for IMarEST members or £10 for non-members. The 2010 conference, entitled Marine Fuel Forum, shared the road transport industry experience of the new low sulphur, higher bio-diesel content fuel, to assist marine users to prepare, in turn, for their changes.

Conidia has also created a well resourced website, www.conidia .com, for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the world of bugs.

Conidia has been supplying its innovative pregnancy style test to the aviation industry for 10 years. It is in regular use by 330 of the world’s airlines and is recommended by IATA as well as by Boeing and Airbus. The test takes just 10 minutes to display easy to read, accurate levels of organisms contaminating the fuel. These levels indicate precisely what kind of remedial action is needed, if any.

The test requires no special skills or equipment and so is ideal for on-site use. The final major advantage offered by the Conidia technology is that it does not need capital investment or significant set up time to commence an in-house testing regime.

Free copies of the ‘Diesel Bug – the Basics’ booklet will be available from Conidia’s Stand B157 at Seawork. Conidia is also giving away a FUELSTAT test during the show to stand visitors.