Incident took place at 0440 hrs during offshore bunkering operations in Anchorage 1 of the Port of Nqura.
The partnership will create a ‘one-stop-shopping’ service for exhaust gas cleaning systems in the region.
The MS-SOx scrubber system is installed on a vessel’s existing funnel deck alongside the existing funnel.
Development will take place when SK Energy’s 130,000 bpd capacity VRDS unit start operations from April 2020.
No information on immediate threats to ships transiting SOMS or to Singapore registered ships, it says.
Vessel received 200 mt of LNG marine fuel from Shell while undergoing loading and unloading procedures.
1.00% sulphur fuel oil gained ground in 2019 due to demand from the shipping industry as blending component.
The 5,643 dwt Malaysia-flagged bunker tanker was operating with “forged” documentation, claims MDM staff.
The incident occurred on Thursday late evening within Singapore port waters, according to a source.
Metcore International, which promotes MFM technology for bunkering, is investing in Zhoushan, says Deputy Director, Zhejiang Zhoushan Free Trade Zone Committee.
