Disgraced Sentek Marine & Trading will cease bunkering activity in Singapore next month after the country’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) decided to not renew its bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licences.
In September 2022 Sentek Marine was charged in court with acquiring marine gasoil that was embezzled from Shell’s facility in Pulau Bukom.
“MPA will not hesitate to take firm action against any licensee that contravenes any of its bunker licence terms and conditions,” the port authority stressed in a circular.
Singapore is by a very considerable distance the world’s preeminent bunkering hub.
To put the city-state’s bunkering dominance in perspective, citing 2023 bunker sales carried by Ship&Bunker, the republic sold bunkers that year equivalent in volume to the next six top bunkering areas in the world combined.
