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We are pleased to announce the recent publication of ‘Ship to Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals and Liquefied Gases’, First Edition.
The new industry body is a major step forward in the enhancement of safety and best practices in the use of LNG as a ship fuel.
By the late 1970s it was clear the international LNG business was set for a period of rapid expansion. A number of involved companies were concerned to agree essential common standards for the industry, to aid its expansion, underpin public confidence and avoid a proliferation of unilaterally defined regulations.
This group resolved to establish a body to draw together industry member companies in an effort to establish commonly agreed standards and best practice criteria. The Society was formed and registered as a Bermuda Exempted Company (non-profit making) with limited liability in October 1979. The Society was granted observer status at the International Maritime Organisation in 1982.
Since it was established, SIGTTO has published over 50 books, recommendations and guidelines, with an average of two per year being produced or updated.
SIGTTO has facilitated the revision of The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied gases in Bulk (IGC Code) on behalf of the IMO. In 2008, SIGTTO formed nine working groups, under the auspices of a steering group, to carry out this work. Over a two-year period, with nearly 140 experts, representing over 40 entities and 20 countries, SIGTTO ensured that this revision was delivered to IMO. The new code came into force in 2016.
In 2013, SIGTTO formed The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF), to oversee the use of LNG as a marine fuel.
Moving towards a greater focus on environmental matters, in 2022 the Society established its Environmental Committee.
Formed originally with thirteen members, the SIGTTO has steadily grown to a membership of around 97% of the world’s LNG vessels and terminals and around half of the LPG market. The Society has progressed to become acknowledged as the authoritative voice of the liquefied gas shipping and terminals industries. This position rests on its reputation the Society quickly gained for impartiality and integrity in addressing operational and safety issues.
We are pleased to advise that this publication is now published and available for purchase.
These guidelines are now available for download.
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We are pleased to be able to share the new SIGTTO promotional film, which explains everything you need to know about SIGTTO and its role as the industry body for liquefied gas shipping and terminals.
The purpose of the Society is to promote shipping and terminal operations for liquefied gases which are safe, environmentally responsible and reliable. To fulfil this mission it will:
This replaces the current document of the same name, amending it to align with the LNG Emergency Release Systems publication.
We are very pleased to announce that SIGTTO is now on the two biggest Chinese social media platforms - Weibo and WeChat. And You can now find our profile and video translated in Mandarin on our website at https://www.sigtto.org/resources/mandarin/ Followers on Weibo and Wechat can also expect our consistent updates on the latest news, reports and stories of the society and industry. We look forward to seeing you there.
SIGTTO recognises that environmental issues affecting the planet will impact future generations and
supports the aims of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Strategy.
SIGTTO will draw upon its expertise in gas shipping and terminal operations to assist the development
and adoption of measures to protect the environment, specifically:
1. SIGTTO will support the IMO to develop and adopt measures to successfully achieve the goals set in
the IMO’s GHG Strategy.
2. SIGTTO will engage with IMO and other industry bodies to address any emerging technical and
safety risks arising from these measures. SIGTTO will develop and deploy solutions to meet these
challenges.
3. SIGTTO will instigate and share best practice to meet the IMO’s GHG Strategy, and support
members’ individual efforts to fulfil these objectives.
SIGTTO has the following meeting types:
Regional Panels will be held regularly to address local issues and to provide members with an opportunity to participate directly in the society’s proceedings. They will be held in Houston, London and Singapore.
The GPC is selected to represent a broad cross-section of the overall membership and having a high calibre of expertise on all technical aspects of liquefied gas shipping and terminal processes.
The EC, formed in 2022, deals with environmental issues as they relate to the gas shipping and terminal sectors.
The board is comprised of twenty senior executives from SIGTTO’s full membership and deals with the strategy, governance, policy and finances of the society.
Working group meetings are chaired by and comprised of the membership, with occasional subject matter experts from outside the membership as required. The working groups are formed by the GPC or EC.
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We are the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (‘SIGTTO’, ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’). We are the controller of your personal data. Our address is PO Box 1022, Clarendon House, 2 Church Street West, Hamilton Hm Dx, Bermuda. You can contact us by emailing: reception@sigtto.org.
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We will post any modifications or changes to this Privacy Policy on this page.
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We collect your personal data in relation to:
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it as listed below, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will update this Privacy Policy and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
In respect of each of the purposes for which we use your personal data, we are required to ensure that we have a legal basis for that use. Most commonly, we will rely on one of the following legal bases:
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We share your personal data within SIGTTO, including with organisations that are members of SIGTTO, and with our service providers. This may involve transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), or the United Kingdom.
We endeavour to ensure that people to whom we provide personal data hold it subject to appropriate safeguards and controls. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK to a country that is not in the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is given to it by ensuring that appropriate safeguards have been implemented. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is given to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
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We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to those employees and other staff who have a business need to have such access. All such people are subject to a contractual duty of confidentiality.
We will only retain your personal data for so long as we reasonably need to use it for the purposes set out above, unless a longer retention period is required by law (for example for regulatory purposes).
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If you want to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us at reception@sigtto.org. We accept the following forms of ID when you request to exercise any of the rights above: passport, driving licence, birth certificate, utility bill (from last 3 months).
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If you feel that your complaint has not been adequately resolved, you have the right to contact your local data protection supervisory authority which, for the UK, is the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Conduct of the Society's business is controlled by the Board of Directors drawn from all sectors of the industry. The Society's activities and its administration is managed at its London Liaison Office.
As well as the Board there are two active groups through which individual members may directly participate in the Society's affairs. These are the General Purposes Committee (GPC) and the Environmental Committee (EC).
To become a full member of SIGTTO it is necessary for a company to have equity interest in, or to operate, a gas tanker or terminal.
Associate membership is available to applicants as above, who have entered into a contract to build a gas tanker or a terminal.
Directors may also admit to associate membership the following organisations:
Associate members have all the rights of a full member except for voting rights at the Annual General Meeting.
Membership of the Society is conditional upon submission of a completed application form. The Membership Committee of the Board then reviews this application.
From 1st January 2024, SIGTTO fees are as follows:
All members pay the basic fee of £4,697 per annum. Full members also pay a capacity fee, depending on assessed capacity:
We have a maximum fee of £14,832 per annum for any one member.
VAT will be added where applicable.
In addition, full members are required to to purchase US$300 company shares at par value. This is a one-off fee, and associate members are not required to purchase shares until such time as they become a full member.
If you would like any further information on fees, please contact the Membership Manager - membership@sigtto.org
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These notes have been prepared to provide guidance on the conduct of SIGTTO meetings to avoid infringement of laws covering what are generically referred to as “anti-competitive practices” as established in the countries of our members. By their nature, these notes are general and cannot be considered exhaustive.
The SIGTTO By-Laws include a clause on Prohibited Activities, relevant parts as follows:
Section 2.04 Prohibited Activities
SIGTTO shall:
(e) Not engage in fixing or regulating freight, charter or other transportation rates or in fixing vessel management or operating fees or the terms and conditions of any of these;
(f) Not engage in any activity which in is contravention of the laws of Bermuda or England or the laws applicable to any Member
(g) Refrain from any activity that involves the collection or dissemination of commercial data, or activities that may be construed as representing the commercial interests of any or all of its members.
Building on the By-Laws, the following lists summarise the principal dos and don’ts for participants in any SIGTTO meeting:
Discuss or make agreements or decisions on any of the following:
We are very pleased to advise that, following approval at the last board meeting, providers of liquefied gas training are to be admitted to associate membership provided the required criteria are complied with.
We have recently updated both our privacy and cookie policy, to help SIGTTO members retain control of their data and to give total transparency.
