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The BP Singapore bunker trial has been adjourned to 29 March 2021, a representative from the Attorney-General’s Chambers told Singapore bunker publication Manifold Times on Tuesday (8 December).
The hearing was originally fixed for mention in early November, but did not take place on 8 December after a reschedule.
To date, Judge Ong has found the Executive Director of Pacific Prime Trading, Koh Seng Lee, and former Regional Marine Manager of BP Singapore, Clarence Chang, each guilty of 20 charges under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Cap 241., otherwise known as the Prevention of Corruption Act which is the primary anti-corruption law in Singapore.
The latest development saw DPP Jiang Ke-Yue and DPP Loh Hui-min recommending a 92-month imprisonment sentence for both Koh and Chang under a new sentencing framework for corruption offences.
Editorial coverage by Manifold Times regarding earlier court sessions of the BP Singapore bunker bribery trial are organised in descending chronological order (latest first row) below:
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Published: 9 December, 2020
Bonded bunker sales for state-owned enterprises and Zhoushan enterprises were 1.71 mln mt and 157,900 mt, accounting for 91.56% and 8.44%.
Barges will be dedicated to offering marine gasoil and ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel to receiving ships.
The vessel had not yet appointed a local shipping agent for obtaining permission, said MMEA spokesman.
If gasoil remains cheaper than LSFO for sustained period buyers may turn more strongly to LSMGO, say analysts.
Singapore bunker fuel market was hit by the bankruptcy of Hin Leong Trading in May and some traders shifted focus to Chinese ports, adding to high bunker demand.
Plans to supply bunkers from floating storage in Singapore, says Head of Freepoint Singapore in Reuters interview.
Between November 2016 and October 2017, Mr Tan falsified at least 20 invoices and submitted these invoices to UOB and OCBC, according to court documents obtained by bunkering publication Manifold Times.
‘CSM Taurus arrived in Singapore during mid-September and is currently undergoing final preparations before starting commercial operations,’ General Manager of CSM tells Manifold Times.
Criminal syndicate’s tampering with MFMs on bunker tankers Southernpec 6 and Southernpec 7 conceptualised by three masterminds and carried out by cargo officers on board, according to joint statement.
Seeks information connected to SGS COQs of Gas Oil and Marine Diesel Oil cargoes loaded on board Vinalines Glory from the Vopak Banyan Terminal in Singapore between January and February 2013.
Additional topics of bunker contamination and OCM services discussed at VPS’ Fuel Management Challenges – The Year of 2021 & Beyond webinar on 23 September; Manifold Times summarises the session.
‘The JMs have failed to discharge their duties by blindly helping the Banks mount a false case against the Defendant,’ wrote defence lawyers representing former IPP Director Dr Goh Jian Hian in court statement.
