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Marine Fuels Alliance partners with Maritime AI™ solutions provider Windward

Windward will work with MFA to provide clarity and guidance on how to better manage risk and optimise due diligence processes for any bunker transaction.

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The Marine Fuels Alliance (MFA), a network of independent bunker suppliers, on Wednesday (30 November) entered into a partnership with Maritime AI™ firm Windward to overcome the evolving challenges of compliance, screening and environmental risk.

As part of the partnership, Windward will provide its expertise through educational sessions and will offer a bespoke package of AI-powered solutions to MFA members, enabling them to better manage and stay ahead of risk by automating and optimising due diligence processes for any transaction.

The bunkering industry is facing a new wave of complex oversight and sanctions, according to MFA.

The road to decarbonisation has seen increased regulations on carbon intensity and recent sanctions against Russia have complicated compliance even further, with new regulations impacting vessels and services involved in the shipment and trading of seaborne Russian oil.

Windward’s Maritime AI™ solution is powered by advanced machine learning and behavioural analytics models, allowing clients across the government, finance, shipping, energy sectors, and beyond, to optimise business practices and efficiently navigate all aspects of maritime risk in real-time.

In a trade ecosystem fraught with uncertainty, Windward connects the dots, providing stakeholders with a clear understanding of the potential risks associated with any entity, ensuring full risk awareness and providing them with bottom-line go/no- go recommendations and the insights necessary to make better, faster decisions.

MFA's Executive Officer, Anthony Mollet, describes the importance of their agreement to join the organisation as it comes at a time when the MFA is focusing on sanctions, compliance and how best to provide expert support for its bunker supplier members.

“Upon launching the MFA in Oct 2021, we knew that the issue of sanctions was one of the biggest challenges facing bunker supply companies,” said MFA's Executive Officer, Anthony Mollet.

“We attacked the topic immediately and have already provided quality guidance on our members' portal, including the first MFA podcast launched in early November. Now, with Windward on board, we can provide the industry with the much-needed tools, supplemented by expertise from legal companies and compliance managers.”

Mollet added: "The MFA is encouraging suppliers to take a risk-based approach to all of their operations, and we are designing policies and processes to aid them. Windward has pledged to work with the MFA to help suppliers eliminate uncertainty from their business, make smarter decisions, and provide greater assurance.

“This is another step forward In line with the MFA’s ethos to connect the supply community with key companies in the sector, support with important resources and promote both the members and the partners in gaining more visibility to one another and at the same time help to increase standards.”

 

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Published: 1 December, 2022

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Four Dutch seafarers charged for alleged roles in causing Singapore oil spill

Four men on Netherlands-flagged dredger “Vox Maxima” were charged under Merchant Shipping Act 1995 on 6 November and will appear in court again on 4 December.

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Singapore has brought charges against four crewmen who were working on Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima for their alleged role in causing the disastrous bunker spill into the republic’s sea, according to a report by The Straits Times on Wednesday (6 November).

Singapore-flagged bunker vessel Marine Honour was hit by Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima at Pasir Panjang Terminal on 14 June, which resulted in an oil spill in Singapore waters.

The dredger reportedly lost engine and steering control before crashing Marine Honour.

The four men, all Dutch nationals, – Merijn Heidema, 25; Martin Hans Sinke, 48; Richard Ouwehand, 49; and Eric Peijpers, 55 – allegedly failed to ensure that emergency steering was carried out when emergency power was supplied to the vessel’s steering gear pumps, resulting in the allision. 

They were each charged under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 on 6 November. 

Heidema and Peijpers, who were responsible for the engineering watch, were accused of failing to ensure a sufficient reserve of power was available for Vox Maxima’s steering gear when the engine room was put in a standby condition.

Their cases have been adjourned to 4 December.

Manifold Times previously reported Vox Maxima was found to have serious deficiencies relating to fire safety and life-saving equipment aboard. 

A total of 13 deficiencies were flagged during the 15 June inspection of the dredger. Three out of the 13 warranted detention of the vessel which indicated serious deficiencies that required repairs before it could be permitted to leave the port. 

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Published: 7 November, 2024

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GoodFuels ceases bio bunker fuel deliveries in Singapore after near three-year run

‘Whilst the GoodFuels team will continue its efforts to decarbonise global shipping from the Amsterdam office, we will be stopping all biofuel deliveries in Singapore with immediate effect,’ says Jing Xieng Han.

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Biofuel supplier GoodFuels, FincoEnergies’ sustainable fuels brand, has stopped all biofuel deliveries in Singapore with immediate effect, according to Jing Xieng Han, General Manager of GoodFuels Asia Pacific, on Wednesday (6 November). 

GoodFuels first announced the opening of its first office in Singapore in February 2022. The Singapore office was GoodFuels’ second office and its first outside of Europe. 

At the time, GoodFuels said Singapore was chosen as the target for its first international expansion because of its importance to the global shipping industry and its leading position as a key bunkering hub, with mature bunkering infrastructure that will support the delivery of marine biofuel.

Jing said FincoEnergies has decided to consolidate GoodFuels operations in the Asia Pacific and ARA regions. 

“Whilst the GoodFuels team will continue its efforts to decarbonise global shipping from the Amsterdam office, we will be stopping all biofuel deliveries in Singapore with immediate effect,” she said in a social media post. 

“Our Amsterdam team remains dedicated to furthering the decarbonization of global shipping 'the Good Way' and I wish them continued success.”

Jing also announced that she will be departing GoodFuels Asia Pacific, effective 6 November as well. 

“It has been a privilege to contribute to the integration of biofuels into the bunkering sector in Singapore over the past three years,” she said.

“The rapid evolution of the industry has been mind-blowing, and I fondly recall addressing numerous queries on the technical feasibilities of biofuels as bunker fuels when I first launched our Singapore office in early 2022.”

Related: GoodFuels opens first Singapore office to meet growing biofuel demand

 

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Published: 7 November, 2024

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Chimbusco Pan Nation completes first B24 bio bunker fuel delivery in Singapore

CPN supplied 1,000 metric tonnes of ISCC-EU Certified B24 marine biofuel for “YM WITNESS”, a containership of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp on 16 October.

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Chimbusco Pan Nation completes first B24 bio bunker fuel delivery in Singapore

Hong Kong-based marine fuel oil supplier Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical (CPN) on Wednesday (6 November) completed the supply of 1,000 metric tonnes of ISCC-EU Certified B24 marine biofuel for YM WITNESS, a containership of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp on 16 October. 

“This also embarks on CPN’s new journey to arrange supplying marine biofuel in Singapore,” the firm said in a social media post. 

B24 marine biofuel is a blend of 24% B100 biodiesel and Marine Fuel Oil, which significantly reduces carbon emissions and lowers its carbon footprint. Such product aligns with global efforts to combat climate change and reduces environmental impact. 

“CPN is committed to be the frontrunner in the transition towards more sustainable marine fuel options. This biofuel delivery reinforces CPN’s commitment to realizing eco-friendly port energy solutions and global decarbonisation goals,” it added. 

 

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Published: 7 November, 2024

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