First bunker tanker loads and blends FAME B100 onboard
John H. Whitaker (Tankers) Limited has received chemical certification from Lloyd’s Register (LR), on behalf of the Isle of Man Flag Administration, for its tanker Whitchampion to carry and blend Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME B100) onboard.
This makes Whitchampion the first LR-classed Annex I bunker tanker certified to handle FAME as cargo under MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code, without needing to convert to a full chemical tanker. The certification allows blending operations in UK coastal waters under a Tri-Partite Agreement between the Isle of Man Flag, UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UKMCA), and LR. Its sister vessel, Whitchallenger, is expected to gain similar certification later this year.
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