MPA Singapore announced that it has started the acceptance tests to roll out MFM on bunker tankers for the delivery of distillates. Namely, the use of Mass Flow Meters (MFM) for bunker tankers to deliver distillates in the Port of Singapore will be Mandatory by 1 July 2019.
Earlier this year, MPA announced the mandatory use of mass flow metering (MFM) system for delivery of distillates in the Port of Singapore from 1 July 2019, after the successful implementation of MFM for marine fuel oil.
The use of the MFM system enhances transparency in the bunkering process, improves operational efficiency and increases the productivity of the bunker industry.
MPA Singapore said.
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MPA has now began the acceptance tests to roll out MFM on bunker tankers for the delivery of distillates. The first test was successfully completed in September 2018 and MPA is working with owners to schedule acceptance tests for all distillates bunker tankers.
What is more, MPA and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) have created a joint industry working group to boost the integrity and transparency of the bunker supply chain in the Port of Singapore.
The working group aims to promote efforts towards providing the industry with greater assurance and confidence in preventing marine fuel theft. Efforts would be geared towards developing and recommending pragmatic measures both in the short and long term.
In addition, SEA\LNG, the coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of LNG as a marine fuel, announced that it has welcomed the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to its membership coalition. The MPA became the third port member to join the coalition, after the Port of Rotterdam and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation.