APAC News

VPS Acquires Transformer Oil Testing Firm PGI Industries

The acquisition "is an integral part of VPS's forward-thinking strategy to better support the power and electricity supply industries in a more sustainable way," VPS said.

10 Jun 2021

Orders for Gas Bunker Bunker Barges Rising

But exact numbers hard to pin down.

8 Jun 2021

Shell to Offload Gas Bunker Barge to Pan Ocean

In a reported sale-and-leaseback deal.

8 Jun 2021

Japan Sees EU Shipping Carbon Plans Undermining IMO

Japan opposes the idea because it could undermine the work being done at the International Maritime Organisation to charge the shipping industry for its carbon emissions at a global level.

8 Jun 2021

IMO Issues Statement on X-Press Pearl

Stricken ship off Sri Lankan coast threatens pollution from cargo as well as bunker fuel.

7 Jun 2021

Asia: Chinese Covid-19 Ship Call Ambiguity Prompts Bunker Demand Shift

Confusing array of rules for calls at Chinese ports may push bunker demand to other destinations.

7 Jun 2021

Singapore's MPA Seeks to Minimise X-Press Pearl Sinking Environmental Impact

The MPA has been in constant communication with the Sri Lankan authorities, the ship operator and the classification society since the X-Press Pearl caught fire in Sri Lankan waters two weeks ago.

3 Jun 2021

Malaysia's Techfast Holdings Forms Bunkering Joint Venture

Techfast subsidiary Fast Energy has signed a deal with bunkering companies Fultonn Marine and Wise Marine to jointly purchase a bunker tanker.

3 Jun 2021

Yara International Joins Japanese Ammonia-Fuelled Gas Carrier Project

NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard and ClassNK signed a memorandum of understanding on the project with Yara on May 31.

3 Jun 2021

Fire-Stricken Container Ship Off Sri Lanka Begins to Sink

The ship is carrying 278 mt of fuel oil and 50 mt of marine gasoil in its bunker tanks.

2 Jun 2021

Yokohama Seeks to Develop LNG Bunker Supply

The City of Yokohama signed a memorandum of understanding with Ecobunker Shipping, NYK Line and NYK cruises to develop the supply facilities, with a particular focus on cruise ships.

1 Jun 2021

Hong Kong-Listed NewOcean Energy Delays 2020 Results

The company now expects to publish its 2020 results by the end of this month, and its 2020 annual report by July 9.

1 Jun 2021

Techfast Holdings Sees Good Prospects for Bunker Industry Expansion

The company plans to acquire its own bunker barges.

1 Jun 2021

Malaysia's Straits Inter Logistics Reports 14.6% Gain in Q1 Bunkering Profit

The firm's oil trading and bunkering segment posted pre-tax profit of 3.849 million ringgit ($933,000) in the first quarter, up from 3.358 million ringgit in the same period of 2020.

1 Jun 2021

Sri Lanka: Oil Spill Fears From Stricken Boxship

X-Press Pearl is carrying 278 metric tonnes of bunker oil and 50 mt of marine gasoil, reports say.

27 May 2021

Oilmar Opens Seoul Marine Fuels Office

Oilmar's bunker trading outfit, Oilmar DMCC, started operations in September.

26 May 2021

Intertek to Launch 'State of the Art' Testing Lab at Hambantota

Hambantota International Port and Intertek Lanka will work together to establish the facility.

26 May 2021

New KSOE Order Includes Two LPG-Fuelled Gas Carriers

The two duel-fuelled gas carriers will be delivered to shipowners from the first half of 2023.

26 May 2021

BP Brings VLSFO to Port of Auckland

Seafuels will use the bunker barge Awanuia to deliver VLSFO and MGO produced by BP.

26 May 2021

Singapore Court Approves $3.5 Billion Asset Freeze for Hin Leong Founder

Singapore's High Court accepted a request for the asset freeze on behalf of the company's liquidators on Friday.

24 May 2021