Progressive Power Co Pte Ltd pleaded guilty in court on 20 May 2014 to five charges for supplying bunkers on five occasions in the Port of Singapore without a valid bunker supplier licence issued by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), as required under Regulation 64(a) of MPA Port Regulations and committed an offence punishable under Regulation 78(b) of the said Regulations. Another 10 charges were taken into consideration, MPA said in its press release.
MPA had brought charges against Progressive Power Co Pte Ltd, for delivering bunkers on eight occasions as a bunker craft operator between 17 March 2013 and 5 July 2013, and for supplying bunkers on seven occasions as a bunker supplier between 11 October 2012 and 22 January 2013. Progressive Power Co Pte Ltd had used the Bunker Delivery Notes (BDN) belonging to Lian Hoe Leong & Brothers Pte Ltd for the seven transactions as a bunker supplier.
MPA had cancelled Lian Hoe Leong & Brothers Pte Ltd's bunker supplier licence on 15 January 2014 for their involvement in this case as their actions breached the terms and conditions of the Bunkering Licence (Bunker Supplier).