Singapore authorities have suspended the bunker craft licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum with immediate effect.
The Maritime Port Authority (MPA) said the suspension followed an “enforcement check” on a bunker tanker operated by the company.
“During the period of the licence suspension, Inter-Pacific is not allowed to operate as a bunker craft operator in the Port of Singapore,” it said.
The suspension “was related to an incident involving an outsourced employee and the company is currently in the process of submitting further information to MPA, including its risk management policy and procedures,” Inter-Pacific said in a statement reported Reuters.
The suspension is the latest crackdown by the MPA, which oversees the world's largest bunkering and marine fuel trading hub.
In May, the MPA stripped Southernpec (Singapore) of both its bunker barge operator and bunker fuel supplier licenses after investigations revealed a breach of the terms of its license and malpractice.
In July 2018, the MPA revoked the bunker craft operator licence of Pegasus Maritime after the company had allowed an unlicensed craft operator to use its bunker craft to make bunker deliveries.
Last year, Inter-Pacific was the 26th-largest supplier by volumes delivered out of 51 other operators, according to the MPA.
