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LNG Bunkering Guidelines
**Summary of DGS Circular 17 of 2025: LNG Bunkering Guidelines**
Applicable to:
All ships calling Indian ports, LNG bunker suppliers, and all ports.
Effective Date:
05.05.2025
Superseded Circulars:
None mentioned
Key Changes and Requirements
1. Regulatory Framework
The regulatory framework for LNG bunkering includes:
- Application: Submit a detailed application to the Directorate, including facility design, safety procedures, and emergency response plans.
- Authorization: Authorize IRS to conduct interim and initial audits.
- Certification: Issue interim or full-term bunker supplier registration certificate.
- Inspections: Regular inspections and audits to ensure continued compliance with permit conditions.
2. Safety and Operational Guidelines
LNG bunkering operations must adhere to guidelines outlined in this circular, Indian regulations, port requirements, and PNGRB/PESO regulations.
- LBS Requirements: Possess approval and certification, maintain valid certifications, ensure insurance cover, pressure test cryogenic hoses, maintain material safety data sheets, and establish quality management systems.
- PIC & Master: Jointly responsible for safety of bunkering operations.
- Documentation: Submit operational documentation to the relevant Port Authority at least 24 hours before bunkering.
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Important Note
Non-compliance with these guidelines may result in penalties and suspension of bunkering operations.
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