Bunker Industry Welcomes MSC Move on Fuel Safety
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has welcome a decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) to add a new item to its agenda to address concerns about fuel safety, separating the subject from discussions around the implementation of the new 0.50% sulphur limit under the International…
Singapore to Require Flow Meters for Bunker Transfers
Singapore's Maritime Port Authority (MPA) is set to announce it is making use of mass-flow-meters (MFM) mandatory onboard marine gasoil barges used to refuel large ships, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The announcement will be made at a gala dinner in the city state organised by the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) later on Thursday, the people said.
IBBC joins IBIA
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and the Institute of Bunker Buyers & Consumers (IBBC) are pleased to announce that IBBC will become a sub-group of IBIA. The IBBC is a forum and business network for marine fuel purchasers to discuss general experience in relation to day-to-day marine bunker fuel procurement tasks, regulatory changes and commercial developments within the bunker market.
Bunker Industry Mulls Implications of IMO’s Global Cap
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) annual convention is taking place this week (7-11 November) in Gibraltar. It brings many of IBIA’s members together to discuss one of the hottest topics around - the decision taken at the 70th meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee to implement the 0.50% global sulphur cap in 2020.
LNG Not a Solution for Reducing GHG
Liquefied natural gas is not a panacea to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and its increasing use as a marine fuel could be worse for the environment than burning heavy fuel oil. Adams, a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology who now heads the Association of Bulk Terminal Operators, said: “The energy content of LNG is slightly more than half that of fuel oil…
IBIA welcomes Danish Clampdown on Bunker Fraud
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) welcomes the fact that Danish authorities have investigated and sought to bring to justice alleged fraudulent activities perpetrated by a bunkering company in the country. On 22 September, a Danish court sentenced an executive of a Danish bunker company to three and a half years in jail…
IBIA Develops Bunker Course with South Shields Marine School
The International Bunker Industry Association, (IBIA) has joined with South Shields Marine School at South Tyneside College, to develop a course unit on bunkering essentials for merchant navy cadets and engineering officers taking their Class one and Class two certificates of competency. The course has been developed in close partnership with the college…
