Singapore - Bunker Surveyors Must Be Licensed

January 2002

With effect from 1 January 2002 surveyors providing bunker surveying services within the port must be licensed to do so. Details of the new requirements were set out in Port Marine Circular no. 30 of 2001 which is reproduced below:

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

PORT MARINE CIRCULAR  
NO. 30 OF 2001
 

12 Nov 2001

Shipping Community
Harbour Craft Community
Bunker Suppliers and Bunker Craft Operators
 

IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGAPORE STANDARD CP 77 : 1999, CODE OF PRACTICE FOR BUNKER SURVEYING AND LICENSING OF BUNKER SURVEYORS
 

1.  With reference to Port Marine Circular No. 15 of 2000 issued on 13 Oct 2000, this is to remind the industry that from 1 January 2002 MPA will implement the Singapore Standard, Code of Practice for Bunker Surveying (SS CP 77).
2. Pursuant to Regulation 64, MPA (Port) Regulations (Rg 7), MPA will license surveyors for providing bunker surveying services within the port.  With effect from 1 January 2002, all bunker surveyors carrying out bunker surveying for a bunkering operation by a bunker barge/tanker to a vessel in the port shall possess a valid Bunker Surveyor Licence issued by MPA and shall comply with the requirements of SS CP 77.
3. Candidates who have successfully passed the examination of the Bunker Surveying Course conducted by MPA can apply for the Bunker Surveyor Licence with immediate effect.  The application form, together with the terms and conditions for the licence, is available at the MPA One-Stop Document Centre (OSDC), 7A, Keppel Road, #01-26, Singapore 089054 or can be obtained by calling our officers at telephone no. 3252481.
4. For enquiry on the licensing of bunker surveyors, please contact our Marine Officer at Tel no. 3252594.
    
    
    

TAN LAY THOK
for PORT MASTER
MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

TEL: 3252470
FAX: 3252804