Standards Development

Scope

The proposed standard is intended to cover quantity measurement and system integrity at oil terminals that carry out bunker cargo delivery through custody mass flow meter (MFM) installed on terminal jetties to bunker tankers. The proposed standard also covers sampling requirements at custody transfer point.

Purpose

Industry challenges:

•Different measurement methods at custody transfer points along the bunker supply chain lead to unnecessary disputes

•Unsatisfactory custody transfer cascades problem to subsequent bunker delivery to vessels

•Bunker supplier faces problem with inventory accounting from start to end of bunker supply chain

•Oil loss or shortage negatively impacts bottom line

•Tank gauging/volumetric measurement methods are outdated in Industry 4.0 era

•Upholding trust and fair trade are huge challenges with existing processes Benefits:

•Harmonised method of quantity measurement by the use of a single consistent method of measurement (ie. measurement using MFM) along the bunker supply chain helps ensure oil loss control and inventory accounting

•Less disputes

•Best practices in bunker sampling at oil terminals (ie. taking representative sample at the custody transfer point to determine compliance with agreed fuel specifications) help in quality assurance and quality management along bunker supply chain

•MFM, as an IoT device will facilitate application of Industry 4.0 technologies on the bunker supply chain

•Complements ISO 22192 Bunkering of marine fuel using the Coriolis mass flow meter (MFM) system by strengthening custody transfer along the bunker supply chain