And that's a wrap! A big thank you to everyone who joined TFG Marine and Trafigura at this week’s SIBCON 2024 in Singapore!

“To successfully transition to alternative fuels in sectors like marine shipping, industry collaboration and partnerships are essential. For alternative fuel producers, partnering with established market participants like our marine fuel supply joint-venture, TFG Marine, which has a global distribution network, creates a comprehensive, efficient solution that spans the entire fuel supply chain while also addressing future challenges around fuel availability and pricing.”

During today’s International Trade and Fuel Market Trends panel discussion at SIBCON, Kenneth Dam, our Global Head of Bunkering, announced that TFG Marine will introduce ZeroNorth’s electronic bunker delivery notes (eBDNs) solution for our customers in Singapore by the end of the year.

We were honoured to welcome Dr. Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore, along with representatives from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to the TFG Marine booth at SIBCON today.

Lots of opportunities to connect with the TFG Marine team over the coming days at SIBCON 2024!

Not long now to what is undoubtedly the biggest event on this year's bunkering industry calendar: SIBCON 2024 in Singapore. 

TFG Marine is proud to be a platinum sponsor of SIBCON 2024, taking place next week at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

This week, Andrea Olivi, Head of Trafigura’s Wet Freight division, spoke with TradeWinds about shipping decarbonisation and the impact of new EU regulations in accelerating the adoption of zero-carbon marine fuels within the shipping industry.

Kenneth Dam, Global Head of Bunkering at TFG Marine will be speaking at the Oman Maritime, Ports and Energy Forum taking place in Muscat 23-25 September 2024.

This month, the TFG Marine team was on board the company’s supply vessel, the Sea Emperor in Walvis Bay, Namibia, collaborating with experts from Endress+Hauser Group+Hauser, leaders in measurement and automation technology and testing and certification company Metcore International Pte Ltd International to oversee the installation and verification of an ISO 22192-compliant mass flow meter, and to provide comprehensive training to the crew on its operation.

This week, we were pleased to welcome Frank Grütter, Ambassador of Switzerland to Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, to our Singapore offices.

This week, Lars H. Barstad, Non-Executive Director of TFG Marine and CEO of Frontline Management AS, took the stage at the YoungShip Oslo ShopCon24 conference.

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TFG Marine (“TFG”), the leading international marine fuel joint venture founded by Trafigura, Frontline and Golden Ocean, today announced the signing of a long-term time charter agreement with Singapore-headquartered Consort Bunkers for four newbuild methanol carriage-ready bunker tankers.

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"Significant investment in global bunkering infrastructure and supply chains is essential for the transition to alternative fuels. Our industry must also adopt modern approaches like digitalisation and mass flow metering to enhance efficiency, delivery accuracy and data gathering. Cooperation among all market participants is crucial for this transformation and TFG Marine aims to do everything it can to be a key facilitator of this shift."

UniBarge is excited to announce that all our bunkering barges operating in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region are now equipped with mass flow meters compliant with ISO 22192 standards. 

Another month, another milestone for TFG Marine in Europe!

Did you know that all of our UniBarge bunkering barges currently operating in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) are fitted with ISO22192 compliant mass flow meters?

Last month, the TFG Marine team was out in full force at the Petrospot Limited Maritime Week Americas Conference in Panama where we engaged in a series of discussions with customers and industry peers to explore new opportunities and address the challenges facing our industry.

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ron Van Gelder from the Port of Rotterdam aboard the UniBarge owned MT Houston supply barge at the Port of Rotterdam to observe first-hand our marine fuel delivery operations. The focus was on how the ISO 22192 (MID) assessment is conducted.

Congratulations to everyone involved in successfully completing the first LNG refuelling of our bunker vessel the MT Diligence this week in Jurong Port, Singapore.

We’re thrilled to have made our first delivery of marine fuel at the Port of Sohar with the M/V Margherita Cosulich barge this week, further marking our recent entry into the Middle Eastern market.

The port of Ceuta, the place chosen by the international company TFG Marine to start its operations in Spain.

Our mass flow meter fitted, ISO-22192 compliant Margherita Cosulich supply barge, chartered by TFG Marine and operated by Marine Energy | Fratelli Cosulich, is well en route to Oman, ready to serve shipping customers with VLSFO and LSGO in the Port of Duqm Company SAOC and SOHAR Port and Freezone over the coming weeks.

TFG Marine and Vilma Oil, today announce that TFG Marine has agreed to acquire majority ownership of Spanish bunkering company Vilma Oil Med for an undisclosed sum.

To be able to fully support the shipping industry’s transition to alternative fuels, there needs to be full commitment and collaboration from all participants along the supply chain, as well as supportive, long-term policy initiatives from governments. Only through a cooperative and unified approach, will we be able to accelerate this shift effectively.

Last week the TFG Marine Technical Team, joined our Swiss-based mass flow meter manufacturers Endress+Hauser Group in Port Louis, Mauritius to carry out preparatory inspection works on the MT Hakkansan, the first of our TFG Marine-GRM (Group Roland Maurel) joint-venture’s bunkering vessels in the region to be fitted with a fully calibrated and ISO22192 compliant MFM.

Don't miss out on tomorrow's panel at the Delphi Economic Forum IX, where Kenneth Dam, our Global Head of Bunkering will be sharing his perspectives on the latest energy regulations in shipping and how they will impact the bunkering industry.

We recently contributed to ZeroNorth’s paper on how mass flow meters and electronic bunker delivery notes are playing a critical role in steering the bunkering industry towards efficiency, accountability and a more sustainable future for our industry.