APAC News

CPC Halts Bunker Supply at Taichung

The supplier is suspending deliveries of fuel oil and marine gasoil at the port due to unexpected barge maintenance.

19 Oct 2020

Japan Eyes Expanded Hydrogen Supply Chain

Scaling up alternative fuel to become fully commercial by 2030.

15 Oct 2020

Singapore Buyers Paying More for Lower Spec Bunkers: ClearLynx

In September ISO8217:2017 VLSFO averaged $3.97/mt less than 2010 spec product.

14 Oct 2020

Japan: Bunker Demand in Steady Recovery

But August bonded sales slightly down on July's figures.

14 Oct 2020

China: Bunker Sales Rise in Zhoushan

Double digit rise seen over first nine months of year despite pandemic downturn.

14 Oct 2020

Singapore: Bunker Sales Firm in September

Sales in southeast Asian bunkering hub holding up well.

13 Oct 2020

Tanker Held in Singapore

Vessel controlled by South Korean interests.

13 Oct 2020

Tokyo Bay Bunker Vessels to be Emissions-free

As Japan's Asahi Tanker firms up orders for two ships.

12 Oct 2020

Bunker Jobs: Bunker Team Leader, Singapore

For an international bunker trading company.

12 Oct 2020

Cruising Restarts From Singapore

But trips are non-stopping and open to Singapore residents only.

8 Oct 2020

MPA Sees Singapore Bunkering Standards Save Industry $59-146 Million

The MPA estimates potential savings from its TR 48 standard that has been in force since June 2016 at SGD80-199 million per year.

7 Oct 2020

SIBCON: Intertanko Backs IMO Bunker Supplier Licensing

"Bunker suppliers should be licensed by the coastal states, and it has to be under MARPOL Annex VI as a mandatory licensing scheme."

7 Oct 2020

SIBCON: VPS Calls for Singapore's MPA to Ban Old ISO 8217 Standards

About 30% of the company's customers are still using the 'obsolete' ISO 8217:2005 standards.

7 Oct 2020

PwC Puts Singapore Bunker Supplier Up For Sale

PwC publishes notice to sell unnamed Singapore bunker supplier that bears a striking similarity to Hin Leong subsidiary Ocean Bunkering.

6 Oct 2020

SIBCON: MPA Backs Digital Growth for Bunker Sector

With new plan offering support to SMEs travelling the digitalisation pathway.

6 Oct 2020

SIBCON: Singapore Seeks 1 Million MT of LNG Bunkering Capacity by Next Year

The Maritime and Port Authority will be inviting companies to apply for additional LNG bunker supplier licences 'in the coming weeks'.

6 Oct 2020

Bunker Supplier IPP's Judicial Managers Sue Former Director for $156 Million: Straits Times

The managers are seeking to recover $156 million lost in alleged "non-existent or sham transactions."

6 Oct 2020

India: New Supply Operation for East Coast Ports

Vertline Marine Bunkers is based in Visakhapatnam.

5 Oct 2020

SIBCON: PSCs Proving Lenient on Marginal Sulfur Non-Compliance Cases: Rajah & Tann

While the law does not set out details on how to handle cases where fuel is tested at just over the 0.50% limit, the authorities appear not to be pursuing these cases.

5 Oct 2020

Indian Bunker Supplier Takes on Second Bunker Barge

Bunkerworks has taken delivery of the 325 dwt Viking Star, to be deployed in Mumbai.

5 Oct 2020