A total of 22 individuals, consisting of 20 Indonesians and two Singaporeans, on Thursday pleaded guilty at a Singapore court over their involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil (MGO) from Singapore-registered bunkering vessel Brightoil 326.
Specifically, the group were involved over an illegal transaction of 45 metric tonnes (mt) of MGO from Brightoil 326 on February 5.
The 20 Indonesians, which included ex-employees of Singapore bunker supplier Brightoil Petroleum Sapidi and Robby Lirpa Sugiharto, are all still in remand.
Both Singaporeans Lim Kim Hock and Teo Chai Heng are out on bail.
All 22 men were each charged with one count of criminal breach of trust as a servant during the Thursday session.
The men will appear in court next on 22 March.
The above case is separate from another ongoing hearing at the republic, involving the theft of MGO from a Shell terminal at Pulau Bukom.
Related: Police Coast Guard arrest 11 more for MGO theft
Related: Arrest of two crew members of Brightoil 326
Related: Brightoil bunker tanker crew charged
Related: Eleven arrested in illegal MGO transaction
Published: 2 March, 2018
BIMCO clarifies discord between verification procedure for statutory and commercial fuel oil samples.
The total amount of bunker fuel stolen has broken the SGD $6 million mark.
‘We have already settled [the issue] with Global Energy Trading and the suit has been withdrawn/discontinued,’ a source at Bunker House Petroleum told Manifold Times.
Vietnam Coast Guard found vessel at 2330 hrs on 4 October, about 9 nautical miles Southeast from Vung Tau.
Phu Yen 2007 was illegally anchored around the outermost edge of an offshore petroleum project area.
Pacific Energy 28 operated by Singapore-based Pacific Ship Management Pte Ltd, according to shipping database.
IBIA Asia, ABIS, sources from Singapore’s bunkering and surveying companies, and an industry veteran share with Manifold Times the issues expected from MPA’s latest Covid-19 measures.
The top three positive movers in the 2020 bunker supplier list are Hong Lam Fuels Pte Ltd (+13); Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd (+12); and SK Energy International (+8), according to MPA list.
‘We will operate in the Singapore bunkering market from the Tokyo, with support from local staff at Sumitomo Corporation Singapore,’ source tells Manifold Times.
Changes include abolishing advance declaration of bunkers as dangerous cargo, reducing pilotage fees on vessels receiving bunkers, and a ‘whitelist’ system for bunker tankers.
Claim relates to deliveries of MGO to the vessels Pacific Diligence, Pacific Valkyrie, Pacific Defiance, Crest Alpha 1, and Pacific Warlock between March 2020 to April 2020.
3,490 mt of LSFO from Itochu Enex was lifted at Universal Terminal; the same bunker stem was bought by Global Marine Logistics and delivered by bunker tanker Juma to receiving vessel Kirana Nawa.
