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New Bunker Supplier in Singapore
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has added a new bunker supplier to its official list of accredited bunker suppliers.
A DOT Marine Pte Ltd (A DOT) is listed as a marine gasoil (MGO) only supplier, with Bunker B Pte Ltd being the only other MGO only supplier at the port.
According to official MPA data, distillate fuel sales in Singapore accounted for about 3.5 percent of the total 42.6 million metric tonnes of bunkers sold at the port in 2012 and 2013.
The supplier is the first new player in world's largest bunker market in over 16 months, following Pacific Bunkering Services Pte Ltd's entry on February 1, 2013, and it brings the total number of accredited bunker suppliers to 64.
Several bunker suppliers have ceased trading in Singapore during that time, the majority of which had their licences cancelled by MPA.
The April 2014 termination of Coteam Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd (Coteam Petroleum Trading)'s licence was the most recent such incident.
In April MPA said that from January 1, 2017 it will be mandatory to use a mass flow metering (MFM) system for Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) bunkering in Singapore.
