Another bunker firm commits magnet fraud in Singapore

Inter-Pacific Petroleum has lost its license to operate bunker vessels in Singapore. Authorities have caught Inter-Pacific using "magnetic interferences" to bypass mass flow meters on its ships.
The photo is a file photo from 2008, and the ship has no relation to Inter-Pacific. | Photo: Vivek Prakash/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
The photo is a file photo from 2008, and the ship has no relation to Inter-Pacific. | Photo: Vivek Prakash/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
BY NIKLAS KRIGSLUND

Another bunker company in Singapore has been caught using magnets to cheat on ship fuel delivery.

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