APAC News

23 More Charges for Hin Leong Founder OK Lim

The new charges relate to allegedly forged documents used in oil products trades with China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp between June 2019 and March 2020.

3 May 2021

Bunker Supplier NewOcean's Auditors Resign Over Outstanding Documents

Accountancy company Deloitte stepped down as NewOcean's auditor as of April 29.

3 May 2021

Hapag-Lloyd Establishes New Bunker Desk in Singapore

The new desk was set up earlier this month, and will handle about half of the firm's global fuel requirements.

30 Apr 2021

Illegal Malaysian Anchoring 'Mistaken' in Most Cases: Gard

After arrest it can take as much as a few weeks for the ship to be released.

29 Apr 2021

Minerva Reaches MPA's Singapore Bunker Volume Targets

Minerva now has five barges operating in Singapore, and will within the next two weeks be receiving a tanker it has bought to act as floating storage in the are.

28 Apr 2021

Singapore is 'Catching Up' With Europe on Alternative Bunkers: Fratelli Cosulich

CEO Timothy Cosulich noted developments including the issuing of the city-state's third LNG bunkering licence to Total this year, and said at least two more LNG bunker barges would be deployed in Singapore this year.

27 Apr 2021

Japan: Consortium to Build Hydrogen-fuelled Engines

Engine makers use tougher GHG targets to speed up development.

27 Apr 2021

Australia: Cruise Demand Collapse Hurts Bunker Sales

But country's remaining refineries hope to gain from recent plant closures.

27 Apr 2021

Former CFO of Singapore Bunker Supplier Coastal Oil Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

On Monday former CFO Ong Ah Huat pleaded guilty to 15 of the 58 charges against him, mainly abetment of forgery and cheating.

27 Apr 2021

Techfast Holdings Seeks Bunker Supply Expansion to Singapore and Hong Kong

The firm is also looking to buy its own bunker delivery vessels, and will seek to expand into LNG bunkering once its conventional fuel business has been established.

26 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: Toyota Tsusho Launches Six-Month Biofuel Trial in Singapore

Over the next six months to September 2021, Toyota will test technical properties of biofuels including oxidation and storage stability and emissions.

23 Apr 2021

Two Ships Boarded in Singapore Strait

The two incidents happened within the space of four hours off Tanjung Pergam in Indonesia on April 17.

23 Apr 2021

Indian Register of Shipping Conducts Biofuel Sea Trials

The classification society tested a blend of 20% biodiesel on board two vessels -- the Ambuja Mukund and the Ambuja Vaibhav -- owned by Ambuja Cements, a unit of Lafarge Holcim.

23 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: Shell to Try Out Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Singapore

The company will work with SembCorp Marine and LMG Marin to retrofit a ro-ro cargo vessel with an auxiliary power unit fuel cell.

22 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: MPA Raises $120 Million for Singapore Maritime Decarbonisation Centre

BW Group, Sembcorp Marine, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Ocean Network Express, Foundation Det Norske Veritas and BHP have all signed a memorandum of cooperation to back the centre.

21 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: Singapore Panel Recommends Nine Pathways to Shipping Decarbonisation

The panel was arranged in July 2020 with the aim of developing a strategy to help the shipping industry to meet the International Maritime Organization's goals for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions.

21 Apr 2021

BUNKER JOBS: Fratelli Cosulich Seeks Technical Superintendent in Singapore

The firm is looking for candidates with a diploma in engineering and at least five years' experience in a technical role.

21 Apr 2021

China: Bonded LSFO Monthly Export Data Shows Rise

March growth on year up by over 50%.

20 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: Singapore Launches Open Call for Digitalisation Joint Industry Projects

Port authority makes efficiency and transparency goal of further digitalalisation of the city state's bunker industry.

20 Apr 2021

SMW 2021: Bahri Calls for Realism as Well as Activism in Decarbonisation Planning

"What is not necessarily happening all the time, is that these carbon reduction solutions bring a financial impact that is positive to the organisation."

20 Apr 2021