The next important step will be for proponents of different mechanisms to submit assessments of the likely impacts on the cost of maritime trade, ICS' Bennett said.

Between June 2017 and August 2018, Muhammad Afzal Bin Mohamed Ekbar, a bunker trader at KPI Bridge Oil Singapore Pte Ltd at that time, had allegedly obtained gratifications totaling at least $191,250 from Mohammad Shafiq Bin Nezammuddin, director of Straits Bunkering Pte Ltd at that time, the CPIB said in a statement on Oct. 19

"Several coal-fired power plants will be transformed into LNG-based ones," the official said.

From Oct. 15, all workers in Italy need to provide proof of vaccination, proof of having recently recovered from COVID-19 or a negative test result in order to be able to work.

Under CBAM, Europe plans to impose a tax on imports of products and materials with a high carbon footprint.

Proponents of MFMs say the units stave off quantity disputes and promote transparency in bunkering. The Port of Singapore has made them mandatory and a number of companies have called for them to be compulsory at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp bunker hub.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore revoked the bunker craft operator and bunker supplier license of Southernpec (Singapore) Pte Ltd with effect from May 8, 2019 and May 29, 2019, respectively, a joint statement by the Attorney-General's Chamber, the MPA, and the Singapore Police Force said Sept. 30.