News & Events
2024
We will be exhibiting at the 23rd SIBCON (Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition), booth #13 from 8th – 10th Oct 2024 to be held at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.
2023
Golden Island begins fleetwide B30 biofuel bunker trial, starts tests with “Double Happiness”
Golden Island is amongst the first in Singapore to test B30 biofuel for its own bunker tanker.
On 13 April 2023, Golden Island Diesel Oil Trading Pte Ltd (Golden Island) supplied B30 biofuel to Double Happiness, a 4,700 metric tonnes (mt) capacity bunker tanker operated by the company, as part of its preparations for IMO 2030/2050.
“Double Happiness received about 23mt of B30 gasoil in a truck-to-ship delivery operation at Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia,” Tomohiro Yamano, General Manager of, the Marine Fuel Department at Golden Island told bunkering publication Manifold Times.
“We wanted to confirm claims by the engine maker that our powerplant is compatible with B30 biofuel and decided to perform this trial to verify its performance.
“While B24 grade biofuel trials are common, Golden Island is amongst the first in the Singapore bunkering sector to test B30 product for its bunker tanker.”
According to Yamano, Golden Island plans to expand the B30 biofuel trial to its remaining fleet; the company operates nine vessels comprising marine fuel, oily waste disposal, and freshwater supply vessels.
“The B30 biofuel trial for the entire fleet will be a temporary one-off affair as the ships will return to consume marine gas oil (MGO) after tests,” informed Yamano who added that the company is planning to conduct future loadings of B30 biofuel from Singapore port to support trials.
“IMO 2030/2050 is near and the MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore) has published “Maritime Singapore Decarbonisation Blueprint” to identify carbon reduction targets for the local bunkering sector.”
The document, amongst others, requires all Singapore domestic harbour craft to achieve a 15% reduction in absolute emissions from 2021 levels by 2023, and a 50% reduction in absolute emissions from 2030 levels by 2050.
Earlier in March, MPA published a factsheet: ‘Strengthening Singapore’s Competitiveness as a Hub Port and International Maritime Centre’, which included local schemes for reducing carbon emissions.
MPA has also prepared a provisional national standard on specifications of marine biofuel (WA 2:2022) to allow local bunker suppliers to supply biofuel within the Port of Singapore,” stated Yamano;
“We are simply preparing for the future.”
Golden Island is planning to start bonded methanol bunkering operations by 2026.
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Published: 27 April, 2023
Golden Island: First to digitalize bunkering operations with 100% e-BDN workflow from 1 December 2023
‘We believe Golden Island is amongst the first, or even the first, in the Singapore bunkering sector to fully switch to e-EDN,’ says General Manager Tomohiro Yamano.
Singapore bunker supplier Golden Island Diesel Oil Trading Pte Ltd (Golden Island) will be fully adopting the electronic Bunker Delivery Note (e-BDN) for commercial bunkering operations from 1 December 2023 onwards, learned Manifold Times.
“We are planning to stop issuing physical BDNs from 1st December as part of our company digitalization initiative,” said Tomohiro Yamano, General Manager at Golden Island.
“We believe Golden Island is amongst the first, or even the first, in the Singapore bunkering sector to fully switch to e-EDN for supporting marine fuel delivery operations.”
According to Bunker Programmer Sam Kang, Golden Island started its first internal e-BDN trial using the solution from BTS Pte Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZeroNorth) on 2 November 2022.
“BTS has a deep understanding of the bunker industry and our specific requirements, facilitating a seamless workflow that greatly enhances the productivity and efficiency of our marine fuel delivery operations,” said Kang.
The company is now ready to adopt e-BDN into its operations after a year’s worth of testing the solution together with assistance from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
“We initially encountered challenges such as crews’ resistance to new technologies, data network firewalls from client’s internal ship systems, and connectivity issues when out at sea,” he shared.
“However, solutions were found when everybody worked together.
“Crew was won over by the increased efficiency offered by e-BDN, firewalls were overcome after discussion between IT engineers from various sides, and connectivity issues were solved through the use of 5G/4G/LTE networks.”
Yamano, meanwhile, expects the implementation of e-BDN to save at least two hours of manual data entry work for involved personnel per day.
“e-BDN will be much more efficient for Cargo Officers. Additionally, using electronic documents means we will be saving paper which is good for the environment,” he said.
“Our frontline crew who are already experienced through participation in the trials are now familiar with using e-BDN. The next step is training for the backend staff who will be integrating the e-BDN system into their own workflow.”
Manifold Times in late October reported the MPA issuing Port Marine Circular No 12 of 2023 which outlines guidelines for the use of digital bunkering services for the bunker supplier, bunker craft operator, and the vessel receiving bunkers as well as a sample of the e-BDN issued in Singapore.
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Published: 27 November 2023
Congratulations to the crew and their respective ships for their hard work and achieving the Best Ship Award 2023. Keep up the good work and to the rest of the Golden Island Family, you have our support and we look forward to your achievement next year!
Champion – Golden Bristol
1st Runner Up – Golden Pioneer
2nd Runner Up – Cleanseas Mokara
2022
We will be exhibiting at the 22th SIBCON (Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition), booth #23 from 4th – 7th Oct 2022 to be held at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.
2019
Embarking on a new scope of service – supplying demin water to vessels within Singapore, shipyards and ports.
We are pleased to announce the addition of “GOLDEN PIONEER” to our fleet, complimenting growing demands for MGO.
Acquisition of a 20 kilo litre road tanker in Singapore suitable for carriage of demin water has been completed. Do contact us for information on your requirements.
We are pleased to announce the delivery of our new Water Tanker “PRISM”
2018
2016
Golden Island Diesel Oil Trading Pte Ltd is pleased to obtain renewal of Certification Assessment Conversion as per SS524:2014
Dews Pte Ltd had been awarded the Water Supply Licence via waterboat in Singapore Port by MPA on 6 June 2016. (Refer to MPA Circular)
Dews Pte Ltd – Water Tariff/General Operating Terms & Conditions
We are pleased to announce the launching of our newbuild Water Tanker “DEW”.
2015
As part of our fleet renewal program, we are pleased to announce the addition of MT “Golden Jubilee” into our fleet of marine fuel supply tankers to better service our customers
2014
We have successfully showcase our company in SIBCON 2014. Please click here for more information & photos.
We will be exhibiting our marine services at the 18th SIBCON (Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition) from 14th – 17th Oct 2014 to be held at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.
2013
An update on our pump leasing business – We have successfully deployed our portable Wilden pumps and on-site operations personnel to support a de-bunker operation in July 2013, allowing the de-bunkering operation to be completed faster and more hassle-free to owners. [Pump Specs]
We have successfully completed the supply of deionised / demineralised water in Jurong Island.
2012
We are pleased to announce the launching of our newbuild “Double Happiness”.
- We would like to extend a sincere thanks to all visitors to our booth during SIBCON 2012. [Gallery]
- We will be exhibiting our marine services at the 17th SIBCON (Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition) from 16th – 19th Oct to be held at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. See you there! Please click [here] for more information.
- With effect from 15th May 2012, we have added “Golden Faith” to our fleet of bunker barges. Our combined marine fuel capacity now stands at 13,000 mt with this new entry. Please click [here] for the Q88.
- We are pleased to announce that we are in the top 20 bunker suppliers by volume with a total of about 850,000mt supplied in 2011. Please click [here] for more information.
- Golden Island Petroleum Pte Ltd is pleased to announce that we have extended our deslopping service into China by tying up with a TIER 1 China MSA approved Oil Spill Response/Oily Waste Disposal Contractor.
2011
With effect from 1st April 2011, we have added “MT Paros” to our fleet of bunker barges. Our combined marine fuel capacity now stands at 14,000mt with this new entry.
We are glad to inform that Dews Pte Ltd has achieved the SAC HACCP based Food Management System on the 31st Dec 2010, as part of our food safety program to ensure quality fresh water is supplied to our customers.
2010
- We would like to extend a sincere thanks to all visitors to our booth during SIBCON 2010.
- On the 9th October 2010, we completed debunker 2 grades of marine fuel from “BW GENIE” in Sembawang Shipyard using bunker barge “ASEAN LINK”.
- On the 12th Sept 2010, Dews Pte Ltd used only 3 days to successfully complete supply of 1,600mt of freshwater to MV “Ocean Unity” as ballast water for Consolidated Pipe Carriers Pte Ltd as part of their ballast water management plan.
- On the 25th August 2010, we demonstrated our strength in the synergies of services we provide, by performing a simultaneous marine fuel bunker and deslopping operation on a Japan Defence Force Submarine at Changi Naval Base.
- We will be exhibiting our marine services at the 16th SIBCON (Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition) from 27th – 28th Oct to be held at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. See you there!
- To better meet the increased marine fuels demand from our customers, we have acquired our 3rd bunker barge “Golden Rise” on the 1st July 2010. With this new entry, our combined marine fuel capacity now stands at 10,000mt.
- As part of our global effort to better serve our customers, we have entered into a strategic partnership on the 8th June 2010 with Hungthai Marine Offshore Joint Stock Company http://www.hungthai.com.vn/ to supply marine fuel in Southern Vietnam port in Vungtau and Ho Chi Minh.
- (10.03.10) Our desalination freshwater is able to meet the stringent requirements of the Russian Navy Ship “Marshal Shaposhnikov” which we supplied successfully.
- (06.02.10) Due to an excellent debunker job done on MV “River Nile”, we were again awarded to debunker MV “Antigoon” for the same owner which we again completed the job successfully on the 6th Feb 2010 to the satisfaction of the owner and the management.
2009
- (20.12.09) Successfully completed the debunker of MV “River Nile” for Dredging International (AP) Pte Ltd.
- (01.11.09) Cleanseas Mokara dry-docking from 1st Nov until 30th Nov.
- (11.09.09) Dews 3 operating in EOPL
- (11.09.09) Asean Link completed ISPP (International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate)
- (05.09.09) Dews 1 operating in WOPL
- (03.09.09) Dews 1 completed docking (09.08.09 – 03.09.09)