APAC News

New Singapore Bunker Industry Association Established
ABIS will largely focus on working with small and medium-sized bunker companies in order to enhance business service quality.
23 Aug 2016
UOB Lists Itself as a $112M Creditor of Searights
The next hearing in the winding up petition is scheduled to be heard this Friday, August 26, 2016.
22 Aug 2016
MPA Announces Funding for SGX-Listed Maritime Companies to Complete Sustainability Reporting
MPA says it will co-fund 50 percent of the qualifying costs for companies to prepare their sustainability reports - up to $50,000 per company.
22 Aug 2016
Pakistan Eyes Expanding Bunker Market Through China Deal
Arif Elahi, PNSC Chairman, says that the company is interested in developing its bunkering business because of the sector's promising future in the region.
22 Aug 2016
Authorities Investigating Source of Spill at Darwin Harbour
The spill is said to have been initially reported at 4 a.m. local time on Friday, with sheening now covering an area of about 30km.
19 Aug 2016
Vroon Singapore Looks to Micanti Antifouling to Reduce Fuel Consumption
VOS in Singapore says it has chosen Micanti Antifouling to boost bunker savings of its AHTS vessel, VOS Triton.
18 Aug 2016
Aulong to Build Bunker Saving Ferry for Chinese Operator
Aulong won the contract to build the high speed and fuel efficient aluminium ferry for Blue Sea Jet.
18 Aug 2016
Founder of Singapore Top 10 Bunker Supplier Resigns
Panoil Petroleum's Roland Pang said the decision to resign was made in order to spend more time his family.
17 Aug 2016
Panamax Bulk Carrier Arrested in Singapore
The arrest took place on August 16, 2016, following action by local law firm Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP.
17 Aug 2016
Update: "Hijacked" Products Tanker Vier Harmoni "Taken by Own Crew"
The MMEA says it is believed the vessel and her cargo, worth an estimated RM1.57 million ($400,000), has been taken to Batam, Indonesia.
17 Aug 2016
Sri Lanka Again Turns to China to Develop Hambantota, but Critics Say its Being "Given Away" to Settle Debts
The government is said to have made the move as part of an effort to minimise the losses that it has incurred through the project.
16 Aug 2016
Japan's Bonded Bunker Sales See 4.5% Month on Month Decline
Japan's bonded bunker sales fell to 2.243 million barrels during the month of June.
16 Aug 2016
Singapore Posts Another Monster Month of Bunker Sales
Sales of all products for July 2016 totalled 4,115,000 mt.
15 Aug 2016
Bunker Jobs: Global Trading House Seeks Singapore-Based Senior Trader / Sales Manager
We are also opening this role to experienced tanker / dry bulk Charters / Brokers in Singapore who are looking to make a career change.
12 Aug 2016
ExxonMobil Fits Second Hong Kong Bunker Barge with LR Accredited Mass Flow Meter
The bunker vessel, Anelly, comes into service on August 12, 2016.
11 Aug 2016
Singapore Hits 100 Mass Flow Meter Bunker Tanker Milestone
As not all vessels are expected to get MPA approved MFMs, it means about 75% of those projected to be fitted with MFMs have now done so.
11 Aug 2016
July ReCAAP Report: Hijackings of Ships for Theft of Oil Cargo has Decreased
The report indicates that there was a total of four reported incidents of armed robbery against ships reported in Asia during July.
10 Aug 2016
TS Taipei Wreck Removed from Reef 5 Months After Grounding and Bunker Spill
The TS Taipei, which grounded off Shimen, Taiwan in March, caused a large bunker spill after the vessel fractured in the middle.
9 Aug 2016
Spill After Tanker Collision off Japan
Keihin Maru 8 is said to have partially sunk after it collided with the 5,025 DWT product tanker Eastern Phoenix off of the port of Kehin.
8 Aug 2016
Indian Port of Visakhapatnam Aims to Learn from Singapore's MPA to Boost Bunkering Business
The move is part of efforts to modernise Visakhapatnam's port.
8 Aug 2016