The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has announced intense measures to improve the quality assurance of marine fuel supplied in the Port of Singapore in response to a bunker contamination event in February 2022. This decision was made in response to concerns over fuel quality raised by the provision of High Sulfur Fuel Oil (HSFO) with elevated levels of Chlorinated Organic Compounds (COC) to about 200 ships.
An Industry Expert Group (IEG) was formed to address these issues, and the...