The Singapore bunker industry has a new group, the Association of Bunker Industry (Singapore) to address the needs of the industry.
ABIS said it will work with members including small and medium-sized bunker companies and others to improve the quality of their business services.
The immediate pressing task on the hands of ABIS is training courses for Mass Flow Meter (MFM) bunkering. The training is set to become mandatory in January. Later, training for liquefied natural gas bunkering will start.
ABIS has formed a focus group to review members’ existing bunker surveying processes to align with the requirements of the new MFM bunkering guidelines, the TR48:2015.
ABIS honorary secretary Kwok Fook Sing said that they will be better prepared and ready to fulfil their essential roles when TR48 becomes mandatory on January 1, next year. The bunker group does not consist of bunker surveyors only. Bunker-related stakeholders came together to start this (group) as we have never had a bunker association registered in Singapore before this.
The focus group comprises bunker surveyors, bunker suppliers, ship owners, bunker buyers, oil traders and technical experts in fuel testing, legal counsel, and MFM vendors.
ABIS said that Singapore’s national agencies, such as trade and business agency, SPRING, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, will also be consulted. ABIS has 29 members from 24 companies in the bunker industry, a similar composition to the focus group.
On 29th July, ABIS registered with ROS: “We expect more to sign up once the Association is formally approved by the (Registry of Societies).”
The association’s other mandates include working with national bodies to improve the standards of the industry, developing and delivering training programs to upgrade the professionalism and productivity of its members.
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Source: Platts
