PORT MARINE CIRCULAR NO. 18 OF 2022 REVISION OF SINGAPORE STANDARD FOR BUNKERING SS 524 : 2021

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

PORT MARINE CIRCULAR

No. 18 OF 2022

26 July 2022

Bunker Suppliers / Bunker Craft Operators / Bunker Surveyors

Testing Laboratories

Shipping Community

REVISION OF SINGAPORE STANDARD FOR BUNKERING SS 524 : 2021

The Singapore Standards Council (SSC), in collaboration with the industry,

together with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has revised SS 524

: 2021 – Quality Management for Bunker Supply Chain, to further enhance consistency

in practices in the delivery of bunkers for vessels calling at the Port of Singapore. This

edition supersedes SS 524 : 2014.

2 First developed and launched in 2003, as one of the requirements for MPA’s

Accreditation Scheme for Bunker Suppliers, TR 8 : 2003 was elevated to a Singapore

Standard SS 524 in 2006. The standard has subsequently gone through one other

revision in 2014. This latest edition supersedes Port Marine Circular No. 03 of 2015’s

content of the SS 524 : 2014 which has been updated to be in alignment with the latest

versions of SS 600 and SS 648.

3 The SS 524 : 2021 is developed to provide a benchmark for an effective and

efficient quality management system for the bunker supply chain (QMBS). The

changes made were mainly to address the following:

a) To review terms and definition and overall SS 524 content to align to SS 648

and other relevant standards;

b) To update procurement section that covers procurement process and

verification of procured product to ensure better quality control;

c) To review non-conformity and corrective action section in relation to control of

non-conforming products; and

d) To align SS 524’s structure of management system to new ISO Annex SL which

was published in 2020.

4 For licensed bunker suppliers, any annual / renewal / independent audit carried

out on or after 1 April 2023 must be certified under the revised SS 524.

5 Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) has already informed their accredited

certification bodies for SS 524 and given them 12 months from 01 Mar 2022 to transit

to SS 524 : 2021. To ensure that bunker suppliers’ accreditation remains valid, all

bunker suppliers should approach their respective SAC accredited certification bodies

in advance and plan for the smooth transition to SS 524 : 2021.

6 The Singapore Standards can be purchased at the following address:

TOPPAN LEEFUNG PTE. LTD

1 KIM SENG PROMENADE, #18-01 GREAT WORLD CITY EAST TOWER

SINGAPORE 237994

Tel: (65) 6826 9691

Fax: (65) 6820 3341

Email: singaporestandardseshop@toppanleefung.com

Website: www.singaporestandardseshop.sg

7 Should you have any queries, please write to us at bsd@mpa.gov.sg. Queries

pertaining to accreditation may be directed to the SAC accredited certification bodies.

CAPT DAKNASH GANASEN

SENIOR DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS & MARINE SERVICES)

for CHIEF EXECUTIVE

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE