Foreword for The IBIA & BIMCO Shipmaster’s Bunkering Manual Bunkering is a crucial element of running a ship. The process can heavily impact cost, and potentially the environment, safety of the cargo, the ship, and its crew. Therefore, it is critical for everyone involved directly in bunkering to be fully aware of how to execute bunkering in practice.
The Shipmaster’s Bunkering Manual is a unique result of cooperation between BIMCO and IBIA to create insight and practical understanding of bunkering across the shipping sectors. Bunker suppliers and buyers do not always see the world in the same way, which can create tension and commercial issues. With the launch of this publication, BIMCO and IBIA aim to create a common understanding of best practices before, during and after bunkering to facilitate bunker deliveries and safe handling world-wide every day. This is the fundamental purpose of the manual.
As the shipping industry works towards decarbonisation, bunkering is expected to become even more complicated than it is today, as the demand for alternative fuels rises. IBIA and BIMCO, therefore, plan to review and update the manual on a regular basis in the transformative years to come, with the aim of providing the industry with an important tool in the process.
ISBN: 9781914992698