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sea matters / issue 2018 - 03
Message from the General Manager
Dear SGMF Member, of the growing questions around 2020 compliance
Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere is always a busy and beyond. Beyond 2020 Sulphur compliance and
time for SGMF and 2018 is proving no different. A more on Carbon reduction is what our industry is
Golden Era for Gastech saw a burgeoning interest in increasingly waking up to and I am pleased we
the Marine Bunkering Sector whilst SIBCON itself saw have already filled many of the gaps in anticipation
record numbers attend, that itself perhaps indicative of this change.
MARK BELL, General Manager
Board Meetings, AGM and SIBCON
Member Forum, Singapore The 20th Singapore International Bunkering Conference and
Exhibition (SIBCON) was officially opened by Dr Lam Pin Min,
SGMF held its Autumn Board Meetings, AGM and Member Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport on Wednesday
Forum on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at Resorts World, 3rd October. We were pleased to welcome the Minister to our
Sentosa. The meetings were kindly hosted by Maritime & stand to celebrate our 5-year anniversary! The conference
Port Authority of Singapore and Keppel. We would like to had more than 2300 attendees over the two days indicating
thank the following individuals for their presentations which the pressing need of 2020 compliance.
were well-received by an audience of over 90 people:
• Koh Xiao Le, Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore
• Andreas Salim, FueLNG
• Chad Verret, Q-LNG LLC / Harvey Gulf International
Marine LLC
• Martial Claudepierre, Bureau Veritas
• Jonathan Quinn, Avenir LNG
• David Haynes, SGMF
Copies of the above presentations (pdf) have been
uploaded into the Member Portal Library: SGMF were invited to participate in MPA’s 2nd LNG
https://www.sgmf.info/library/topic/2018-singapore- Bunkering Roundtable which had approx. 50 participants.
forum-2nd-oct-2018 General Manager, Mark Bell, moderated a SIBCON Panel
Discussion – Moving forward with LNG Fuel on Day 2.
Panelists were Tahir Faruqui (Shell), Stephane Maillard (GTT),
Michihiko Nakano (MOL) and Jerome Leprince-Ringuet, Total
Marine Fuels. A lively informative debate ensued.
Leading the industry using our collective knowledge and experience to help and provide
insightful guidance for safe and responsible use of gas as a commercial marine fuel.
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technical updates / issue 2018 - 03
Recent or Upcoming Work Group Meetings
Work Group 10
This group, looking at Shipyard Work Practices for Drydocking and Safe working
arrangements met for the second time at a meeting held in Singapore. The meeting was
kindly hosted by Keppel at their shipyard. The group were given a short tour of the shipyard
and its training facilities. Thank you to Keppel for hosting the meeting and team dinner.
Work Group 6, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Work Group 6, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 met this week in Aberdeen. The meeting was kindly hosted by
Houlder. These groups continue to make progress looking at the various components and
systems that are involved in bunkering operations.
Work Group 9
The WG is looking at Methane Number considerations for IGF ships is due to meet next week
in Munich. The meeting is kindly hosted by Nauticor.
Members should note that Work Group meetings are for registered members of that particular Work Group only. If you wish
to observe a Work Group meeting please contact the Secretariat. A summary of the progress from the above meetings will
be available on the Member Portal shortly.
IMO - 2018 World Maritime Day & Evening Reception
Having recently obtained Consultative
Status with The International Maritime
Organisation, SGMF were invited to
celebrate World Maritime Day at IMO
Headquarters in London, marking the
year’s theme “IMO 70: Our Heritage –
Better Shipping for a Better Future”. The
Secretariat along with some UK members
enjoyed an afternoon gaining a deeper
understanding about the work of the
IMO, it’s history and the role of NGO’s.
Guests were then invited to the Delegates’
Lounge for the 2018 World Maritime Day
Reception, with the opportunity to meet
the Secretary-General, Kitack Lim.
sea change.
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events / issue 2018 - 03
Events Calendar
For the most up-to-date details of SGMF meetings and industry events that the Society
is supporting please refer to the Events calendar on the website: www.sgmf.info/events
Upcoming Meetings: 7th November 2018 you to register your attendance for this free
Technical Committee Meeting, Tokyo, Japan event using the following link ASAP and certainly
22nd October 2018 before the closing date of 17th October 2018.
This is the tenth meeting of the Technical Com-
Environmental Committee Meeting & Work https://sgmf-meetings.doodle.com/poll/vsd2f-
mittee. The meeting is jointly hosted by MOL
Group 12, Copenhagen, Denmark hxphsmhiays
and NYK Line and is for members of the TC or
This meeting will be kindly hosted by MAN invited Observers. A draft Agenda and details of the venue and
Energy Solutions in Copenhagen. timings will be available shortly. We look
8th November 2018 forward to seeing you in Tokyo, if not one of the
North Asia Forum, Tokyo, Japan Work Groups / Committee meetings!
Members are invited to attend this one-day
Forum which is kindly hosted by MOL and NYK
Line. As places are limited we would encourage
SGMF are pleased to be leading the support of a major new European gas and LNG industry event, being
run by the Gastech team. The IBERIA GAS & LNG conference and exhibition takes place in Madrid next
June 10-11. We invite members to join the agenda to speak and to participate with the role for gas as a
transport fuel forming a key element of the agenda. For more info visit: www.iberiagas.com
We look forward to seeing you at an SGMF meeting or forum soon.
BASiL – Free for SGMF Members to use
We would like to remind members of
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training & competenc
the BASiL tool which is available to use gas as a
directly via the Member Portal. It gives the marine fuel
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industry a definitive benchmarking tool for Recommendation g
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evaluating safety distances with regards LNG bunkering.
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to LNG fuel bunkering. We encourage you
to use this tool and give us your feedback.
safety
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For more information please refer to the
FP02-01
version 1.0
contractual
user guide available in the portal library.
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Find us and connect with us:
SGMF, 50 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 36371455 • Email: office@sgmf.info
The Society for Gas as
@SGMF2014
a Marine Fuel Group
www.sgmf.info
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