The IAPH has introduced the first version of its fuel-agnostic Bunker Operations Audit tool, designed exclusively for IAPH members.
As informed, this tool helps ports handle license applications for bunker operators dealing with various alternative fuels such as methanol, hydrogen, and ammonia. It allows operators to apply for licenses to operate in multiple locations, addressing the growing demand for alternative fuel bunkering.
The toolkit ensures that, at the front-end, the responsibilities of the bunker facility operator with respect to safe and sustainable operations are clearly defined and that careful consideration is given to the way bunker operations are organised. Ultimately the tool serves to assess the compatibility of a candidate bunker operator’s safety management system by ports and competent authorities. The essence of the tool is that ports may use this to ensure the quality of bunker operators and hence safe bunker operations in the port.
For candidate bunker operators, an intake form is available for you to fill and submit to the relevant port authority or administration. You can download this by filling in your details and downloading the document here.
To remind, IAPH has also decided to develop its own GHG performance indicator as part of the forthcoming expansion and revision of the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) which will become fully operational as of 2026.
