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Swiss oil trader accused of supplying contaminated fuel

Vitol Inc. has been sued in the US for supplying poor quality fuel to a Navigare-owned tanker.
File photo. Vitol is the subject of a lawsuit in the US for allegedly supplying contaminated fuel that could have led to significant environmental damage, according to court documents. | Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
File photo. Vitol is the subject of a lawsuit in the US for allegedly supplying contaminated fuel that could have led to significant environmental damage, according to court documents. | Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
by SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

One of the world’s largest oil trading companies, Vitol, has been sued in the US state of New York for allegedly supplying contaminated fuel to a ship, according to a US court document in the possession of ShippingWatch. 

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