07NOV2019 - NEWS - Singapore launches MFM bunkering standards to meet IMO 2020 requirements

Singapore has launched a new standard for mass flow metered (MFM) bunkering to cover low sulphur fuels as the IMO 2020 regulation comes into force at the start of next year.

As the world’s largest bunkering port Singapore was the first to mandate the use of MFM for bunkering in 2017 and the new SS 648 Code of Practice for Bunkering Mass Flow Metering expands on the 2015 Technical Reference TR 48 to cover marine fuel oil and distillates.

The new SS 648 standard includes requirements for multi-meter installation, which the Singapore Standards Council said would enable bunker suppliers to better meet the needs of bunker buyers by enabling the delivery of different grades of bunker fuels.