Trust Through Transparency
BSI suppliers adhere to a strict set of standards, and buyers have unparalleled insights into their operations.
Standards for marine fuel delivery
The Bunkering
Services Initiative
The most advanced set of technology-enabled bunkering standards, voluntarily adopted by leading buyers, suppliers, and laboratories to tackle quantity shortages and fuel quality opacity.
Why the initiative exists
Challenge
Issues with quantity and fuel quality are masked by manual quantity measurements, improperly used mass flow meters, disparate sampling procedures, and lack of fuel quality traceability. Lack of transparency can be exploited for improper financial gain and engenders mistrust between industry participants.
Solution
Enforceable operating standards
Automated quantity measurements
Mass balance audit record
Real-time operational data
Fuel quality testing throughout the supply chain
Blockchain security
Result
Bunkering is backed by data.
Suppliers compete on a level playing field.
Buyers save money.
Transactions with trust.
For buyers
Benefits to Buyers
Independent Verification
Lloyd's Register audits barge compliance, ADP Clear technology enables data driven procurement decisions, leading laboratories provide multiple quality results per parcel of fuel.
Save Money and Time
Quantity certainty and fuel quality assurance enable buyers to lower their total cost of procurement. Avoided disputes and claims reduce risk and lost time.
For suppliers
Benefits to Suppliers
Fair Value
Without price distortions from variances in quantity and quality, suppliers can transact at fair market value.
Efficiency Through Digitalization
BSI uses ADP Clear to streamline documentation, data capture, and operational scheduling.
Gold Standard
Suppliers in the BSI must meet the highest operating standards, pass surprise barge audits conducted by Lloyd's Register, and benchmark their performance to their BSI peers.
Oversight
Governance
Suppliers in the BSI must meet the highest operating standards, pass surprise barge audits conducted by Lloyd's Register, and benchmark their performance to their BSI peers.
Bunker Barges Audited by Lloyd's Register
Certification upon onboarding, routine surprise inspections to verify MFM systems, seals, piping
Technology provider
Technology
ADP Clear powers every interaction between buyers, suppliers, and laboratories in the BSI — one shared platform, built for transparency and trust.
The platform
ADP is a patented integrated hardware and software solution that provides a completely transparent and efficient bunker delivery service.
How it works
Its multi-party workflow platform is designed to digitise the entire bunker requisition process seamlessly, facilitating real-time, instantaneous transfer of bunkering data between all stakeholders from start to finish.
Join us.
Any marine fuel buyer or physical supplier can contact initiative@adpclear.io
Contact the initiative