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MPA is also adopting artificial intelligence, continuing green fuel efforts.<\/p>\n
Next year, Singapore\u2019s port will be the world\u2019s first to fully implement digital bunkering in a move away from physical documents, Senior Minister of State for Transport Amy Khor announced.<\/p>\n
Bunkering, or the supplying of fuel to ships, usually requires involved parties \u2013 including the bunker supplier, ship owner and authorities \u2013 to exchange physical documents.<\/p>\n
But from Apr 1, 2025, all bunker suppliers in Singapore will have to provide digital bunkering services and issue electronic bunker delivery notes (e-BDNs) as the default.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will boost efficiency and transparency during the bunkering process in Singapore and is expected to help the industry save close to 40,000 man-days annually,\u201d said Dr Khor at the Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition at Marina Bay Sands.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis represents a key milestone to further strengthen the competitiveness and efficiency of bunkering in Singapore,\u201d said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a statement.<\/p>\n
This was among several maritime industry announcements on Thursday, including the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, a regulatory change that helps companies save costs, and updates on the adoptions of cleaner fuels and technologies.<\/p>\n
After its first pilot e-BDN transaction in 2021, Singapore began a digital bunkering scheme in November 2023. But it has not been made mandatory until now.<\/p>\n
In addition to improving efficiency, digital bunkering will reduce processing time and errors, improve accountability and compliance, and make it easier to detect fraud.<\/p>\n
MPA will set up a centralised e-BDN record verification facility, where stakeholders can verify e-BDNs against information transmitted to MPA.<\/p>\n
Singapore is the world\u2019s top bunkering port, with a record 51.8 million tonnes of bunker sales in 2023.<\/p>\n
In the first eight months of 2024, total bunker sales crossed 36 million tonnes, up 7 per cent from the same period last year.<\/p>\n
On Jan 1, 2025, MPA will also launch two AI-driven applications to improve the speed and accuracy of ship certificate renewals for Singapore-registered vessels.<\/p>\n
DocuMind reads information from different document formats, while DocuMatch verifies data against internal databases and recommends application approvals.<\/p>\n
These applications are expected to speed up certificate processing times for most transactions to within a few minutes, from the current duration of up to three days.<\/p>\n
MPA intends to apply AI-powered tools to other areas of the industry in 2025.<\/p>\n
Separately, to reduce costs for the industry, MPA will reduce verification requirements for mass flow meters, which measure liquid volumes during bunkering operations.<\/p>\n
From April 2025, these meters will need to be checked once a year, down from twice previously.<\/p>\n
The move is in line with updated standards and was taken after \u201ccareful study\u201d, said the authority. It is expected to save the industry around S$300,000 a year.<\/p>\n
MPA also gave updates on green fuel efforts.<\/p>\n
In July, two consortia were shortlisted to propose an ammonia bunkering project on Jurong Island. In addition to three earlier-selected proposals from Itochu, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Sumitomo, another two have now been accepted \u2013 from Mitsui & Co and Fortescue-Equatorial Marine Fuels.<\/p>\n
Out of the two consortia, the chosen developer will be selected in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n
The project includes a power plant that will generate 55 to 65 megawatts of electricity from imported low or zero-carbon ammonia, and ammonia bunkering at a capacity of at least 100,000 tonnes a year. MPA is also committing another S$50 million to the updated Maritime Singapore Green Initiative (MSGI), which has been extended to 2030.<\/p>\n
MSGI encourages the adoption of cleaner, lower-emissions technologies through various initiatives such as discounts for cleaner vessels, funding for Port of Singapore decarbonisation projects, and the development and commercialisation of new technologies.<\/p>\n
It was launched in 2011 and last had a five-year extension to the end of 2024.<\/p>\n
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