The former Cargo Officer of the Singapore-flagged bunker tanker Pearl Melody on Monday (25 October) pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 408 of the Penal Code (Criminal Breach of Trust) at the State Courts of Singapore over an earlier illegal STS transfer incident.
Danny Lee Chee Keong was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment over the theft of marine fuel oil (MFO) from the Consort Bunkers Pte Ltd owned and operated bunkering vessel, according to documents obtained by Manifold Times.
On 5 June 2021, Danny received a call at about 1am from a representative of a Malaysia-registered company asking if he had any MFO for illicit sale. He replied in the affirmative and was instructed to standby the Pearl Melody.
The Apphia 9 soon arrived at the sea off Eastern Petroleum ‘B’ anchorage, and received about 100.906 metric tonnes (mt) of MFO from the Pearl Melody at about 2.30am.
Crew of the Apphia 9 was arrested by forces from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) midway through the illegal operation.
Related: “Apphia 9” crew in jail over theft of bunker fuel from Consort Bunkers’ “Pearl Melody”
Related: Consort Bunkers confirms ‘Pearl Melody’ in alleged unauthorised STS incident
Photo credit: Manifold Times
Published: 27 October, 2021
System uses liquefied hydrogen storage and fuel cells and will be retrofitted onboard two coastal cruise vessels owned by the Norwegian operator Havila Kystruten.
New anchorage boasts many advantages as the closest natural deep water location to the Yangtze River Estuary and is exempt from tonnage tax for foreign vessels.
CC-OCEAN project is based on a CO2 capture plant for on-shore converted for off-shore use and was installed on board a coal carrier “Corona Utility” for a six months test at sea.
Bunkering operation was for Älvtank’s product tanker Ramelia and was conducted at the port of Brunsbüttel at the river Elbe under the LNG supply agreement.
Firms interested in applying for quota should have domestic bank credit lines of not less than USD 20 million or RMB 120 million with access to storage facilities.
Bunker price increase of approximately 28% year-on-year, among other reasons for development.
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MPA has also asked Glencore to improve its internal procedures to ensure that prompt action is taken in future when it becomes aware of, or reasonably suspects, any irregularity in fuel quality, it states.
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Singapore can help less developed countries in SouthEast Asia through ‘piloting and scaling fuels and technology as well as a leading hub for green finance’, said DNV Group President and CEO Remi Eriksen.
