MPA: Difficult to prevent all bunker fraud

Requirements for mandatory use of mass flow meters in Singapore will not be able prevent all fraud, but most of it, Dr. Parry Oei, Director (Port Services), Maritime and Port Authority, tells ShippingWatch. The MPA is working to expand the solution.
Photo: Insatech
Photo: Insatech
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Mass flow meters can solve most of the problems related to bunker fraud when ships take on new fuel. But it is not a silver bullet, says the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, (MPA), where tanker barges will be required to install mass flow meters in 2017.

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