Singapore revokes first bunker licence since enforcing MFM system

Singapore

THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker craft operator licence of Panoil Petroleum Pte Ltd with effect from Monday, in what is considered as a move to uphold the integrity of Singapore's mass flow metering-based bunkering system.

MPA said that checks conducted between January and March 2017 revealed that unauthorised alterations were made onboard five bunker tankers operated by Panoil.