Central to the 70-page “Gas as a marine fuel safety guidelines: Bunkering” is a section detailing recommended step-by-step procedures for operations. This is the first time these have been spelled out by an industry body.
A section gives specific safety guidance for four main types of transfer bunkering operation — ship-to-ship, shore-to-ship, truck-to-ship and from a containerised type item to a ship, or what SGMF has dubbed cassette bunkering.
