Wed 11 Jan 2017 14:24

SGS, VPS top Singapore bunker surveyor list


12.3 percent of Singapore's licensed bunker surveyors are employed at either SGS or VPS.

SGS Testing & Control Services Singapore Pte Ltd and Veritas Petroleum Services (Asia) Pte. Ltd. (VPS) are the companies with the most licensed bunker surveyors in Singapore, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

SGS and VPS both have 18 members of staff that have been issued with a bunker surveyor licence - more than any other firm in Singapore.

In total, 293 individual bunker surveyor licenses have been issued by the MPA. Other companies with 10 or more licensed surveyors are: Viswalab Singapore Pte. Ltd. (16), Libra Marine Services Pte. Ltd. (14), Odessea Inspection Services (S) Pte. Ltd. (12), Poseidon Marine Pte. Ltd. (12) and Lighthouse Marine & Inspection Services Pte. Ltd. (10).

An analysis of the data shows that 12.3 percent of all the licensed bunker surveyors in Singapore are employed at either SGS or VPS. The top seven companies in the list have a combined total of 100 licensed surveyors, or 34.1 percent of the 293 licenses. The top 10 companies employ 126, or 43 percent, of Singapore's licensed surveyors.

Earlier this month, Bunker Index reported that 51 companies had been granted a bunker survey licence to operate in the port of Singapore. Of the 51 companies that have been issued with a licence, 14 (indicated with an asterisk in the list below) have been given a three-month provisional licence.

Of the 14 companies with a provisional licence, Royal Marine Services Pte. Ltd has the most licensed surveyors - eight. A. Marine Audix Pte. Ltd. has six MPA-approved surveyors, whilst Oil & Gas Bunker Surveyor Services Pte Ltd and Orion Marine International Pte. Ltd. both have five. The other 10 firms have between one and three surveyors with licenses.

First announced in October 2014, the licensing scheme is designed to raise the standards of bunker surveying companies and allow the MPA to have a greater regulatory oversight over bunker surveying companies and bunker surveyors.

A full breakdown of bunker surveyor licenses by company has been provided below.

SGS Testing & Control Services Singapore Pte Ltd 18
Veritas Petroleum Services (Asia) Pte. Ltd. (VPS) 18
Viswalab Singapore Pte.Ltd. 16
Libra Marine Services Pte. Ltd. 14
Odessea Inspection Services (S) Pte. Ltd. 12
Poseidon Marine Pte. Ltd. 12
Lighthouse Marine & Inspection Services Pte. Ltd. 10
Inspectorate (Singapore) Pte.Ltd. 9
Potential Inspection Services Pte. Ltd. 9
CCIC Singapore Pte. Ltd. 8
Maritec Pte. Ltd. 8
Pacmarine Services Pte. Ltd. 8
Royal Marine Services Pte. Ltd.* 8
HD Marine Services Pte. Ltd. 7
Intertek Testing Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd 7
WNW Marine Services & Inspections Pte. Ltd. 7
A. Marine Audix Pte. Ltd.* 6
IAMA Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 6
IMS Marine Services Pte Ltd 6
Majestic Maritime Services Pte. Ltd. 6
Petro Inspect Asia Pte. Ltd. 6
Saybolt (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 6
Intracon Far East Pte Ltd 5
Khalon Marine Pte. Ltd. 5
Oil& Gas Bunker Surveyor Services Pte Ltd* 5
Orion Marine International Pte. Ltd.* 5
Universal Marine Surveying & Consultancy (S) Pte Ltd 5
G W Maritime Pte Ltd 4
L.A. Singapore Bunker Surveyors Pte Ltd 4
Unispec Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd 4
Andrew Moore & Associates (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 3
Bashan & Gilead Marine Services Pte. Ltd.* 3
Frontier Marine Services Pte. Ltd. 3
Kasi Insurindo Pte. Ltd. 3
KBL & GO Pte.Ltd. 3
Kuk Min Surveyors & Adjusters Pte. Ltd. 3
Ouzo Marine Services Pte. Ltd. 3
Reliance Marine Survey (Pte. Ltd.)* 3
SBL Inspection Services Pte. Ltd. 3
Shinnihon Kentei (S) Pte Ltd 3
Zack Marine Services Pte Ltd* 3
Big2 Marine Services Pte. Ltd. 2
CMC Marine Pte.Ltd.* 2
Cordial Marine Inspection Pte. Ltd.* 2
Khalon Worldwide Surveyors Pte Ltd* 2
Metcore International Pte. Ltd. 2
Straits Pioneer Marine Services Pte. Ltd.* 2
Altoncrest Group Pte. Ltd.* 1
ED Marine Surveyors Singapore Pte. Ltd.* 1
Geo-Chem Far East Pte Ltd 1
Haida United Marine Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.* 1
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