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2020: BIMCO submits draft for vessels unable to get compliant fuel

‘Difficult predictions’ for the availability of compliant fuel, particularly outside of big bunkering ports.

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Manifold Times is publishing the third of five articles attributed to BIMCO in regards to five IMO-submissions the latter co-wrote to IMO last week:

BIMCO drafts standard documentation for ships unable to get compliant fuel in 2020

BIMCO has drafted a standard form which can provide documentation for shipowners unable to buy compliant fuel in a port. The standard will be discussed at the Intersessional meeting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in July. 

BIMCO submitted the draft standard to IMO together with CLIA, ICS, INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO, Panama and WSC.

The standard Fuel Oil Non-Availability Report (FONAR) should provide documentation that every effort to obtain compliant fuel was made before bunkering non-compliant fuel.

It is important to stress that the FONAR will not work as an excuse for not doing the utmost to obtain compliant fuel. The FONAR should document that everything possible actually has been done, and can be verified by the authorities.

The draft standard is part of BIMCO’s and the co-sponsor’s efforts to ensure a practical implementation of the 2020 sulphur cap. The format is inspired by other similar documents currently used in the U.S. and the EU.

The form allows the ship to, for example, describe any operational constraints that prevented the ship from using available compliant fuel oil, such as issues with non-compliant flashpoints.

Difficult predictions
The availability of compliant fuel – particularly outside of the big bunkering ports - is currently one of the big uncertainties before the sulphur cap enters into force on 1 January 2020. A clear process for reporting non-availability will therefore be of great benefit to ships and shipowners.

“At the time of this writing, fuel oils with a maximum content of 0.50% m/m are not widely available or introduced to the market. It is therefore not possible, at this stage, to precisely predict quality parameters and limits for these fuel oils,” the co-sponsors write in the submission.

Shipowners may, for example, get fuel oil, which complies with the low sulphur requirements, but doesn’t comply with other fuel oil parameters.

The co-sponsors agree that ships will be expected to bunker and use other compliant
fuels including 0.1% sulphur distillates, in cases where 0.5% sulphur compliant
fuels are unavailable, according to the submission.

However, the ships will also have to carefully consider, on a case by case, if the ship can safely store, process and consume the fuel, and whether they need to clean their tanks of all residual fuels, before they load non-compatible alternatives to the same tank.

Related: BIMCO suggests sulphur implementation plan for ships
RelatedBIMCO proposes changes in sulphur sampling points

Photo credit: International Maritime Organization
Published: 9 July, 2018
 

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Singapore: Liquidator schedules final meeting for Vanda Marine Services

Final meeting of the company and creditors for Vanda Marine Services Pte Ltd, has been set to take place at 11am on 7 March at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977.

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The final meeting of the company and creditors for Vanda Marine Services Pte Ltd, has been scheduled to take place on 7 March, according to the company’s liquidator on a notice posted on Friday (7 February) on the Government Gazette.

The meeting will be held at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977 at 11am. It is being held for the purpose of having an account laid before the meeting showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company has been disposed of and hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator.

The details of the liquidator are as follows:

Seah Chee Wei
Liquidator
c/o 8 Burn Road
Trivex #16-12
Singapore 369977

Notes:

1) A member/creditor entitled to attend the above meeting may appoint a proxy to attend in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. The instrument appointing a proxy must be lodged with the liquidator in the following manner:

  • By email to the Liquidator’s office at [email protected]; and
  • By post to the Liquidator’s office at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977 not later than 12.00 p.m. on 6 March 2025 or adjourned meeting at which it is to be used.

2) A corporation which is a member of the Company may, by resolution of its directors, authorise any person to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company, and such representative shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Corporation which he represents as if he had been an individual member of the Company.

 

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Published: 10 February, 2025

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Singapore: Final meetings scheduled for Apoda Shipping and related companies

Singapore: Final meeting scheduled for Apoda Shipping and related companies

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The final meetings of members of Apoda Shipping Pte Ltd and related companies, has been scheduled to take place on 10 March, according to the company’s liquidators on a notice posted on Friday (7 February) on the Government Gazette.

The meetings will be held at 600 North Bridge Road, #05-01 Parkview Square, Singapore 188778 a the following times:

  • Apoda Shipping Pte Ltd (Company Registration No. 202037297W): 9am
  • Cekap Shipping Pte Ltd (Company Registration No. 201726677R): 9.30am 
  • Cergas Shipping Pte Ltd (Company Registration No. 201726683E): 10am
  • Plover Shipping Pte Ltd  (Company Registration No. 201726691R): 10.30am
  • Raggiana Shipping Pte Ltd (Company Registration No. 202037302D) 11am
  • Splendour Shipping (2017) Pte Ltd (Company Registration No. 201725911C) 11.30am

The meetings are being held for the purpose of having an account laid before the members showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidators.

The details of the liquidators are as follows:

Victor Goh
Khor Boon Hong
Marie Lee
Joint Liquidators
C/o Baker Tilly
600 North Bridge Road
#05-01 Parkview Square
Singapore 188778

Note: Pursuant to Section 181 of the Companies Act 1967, a member entitled to attend and vote at this meeting is entitled to appoint another person or persons as his/her proxy to attend and vote in his/her stead. Proxies to be used at the meeting must be lodged at the Office of the liquidators not later than 48 hours before the meeting.

 

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Published: 10 February, 2025

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Singapore: Notices of intended dividend issued for Xihe Holdings subsidiaries

Creditors of the companies will have to submit proof of debt to the liquidators of Xin Chun Shipping, Xin Guang Shipping and Xin Sheng Shipping by 18 February at 5pm by email.

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Notices to declare intended dividend of Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd subsidiaries Xin Chun Shipping Pte Ltd, Xin Guang Shipping Pte Ltd and Xin Sheng Shipping Pte Ltd to their creditors have been posted on the Government Gazette on Tuesday (4 February).

According to the notices, the last day for creditors of the companies to submit proof of debt to the liquidators is at 5pm on 18 February by email to [email protected].

The following are the details of the liquidators:

Paresh Tribhovan Jotangia and Ho May Kee
c/o Grant Thornton Singapore Private Limited
8 Marina View
#40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1
Singapore 018960

Related: JMs: First creditors meeting of Xihe Holdings subsidiaries to be held in January 2021

 

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Published: 5 February, 2025

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