APAC News

Singapore Posts Highest Ever Q1 Bunker Sales as Record Numbers Flock to Buy Fuel
March was also the 3rd highest ever monthly sales volume for all products, which included the highest monthly volume of LSMGO sales.
14 Apr 2016
Vitol Buys $28 Million Stake in Pakistani Fuel Marketer with Bunker Interests
The agreement also includes an option for Vitol to purchase a further 10 percent stake in Hascol within the next year.
13 Apr 2016
CPC Bunker Barge Back in Service at Keelung
The Chung Yu No.9 in Keelung, Taiwan has resumed operations following an almost two month stoppage for annual maintenance.
12 Apr 2016
Agreement Inked for First LNG-Bunker Powered MSV in Australia
Woodside Energy says it has signed a five-year agreement with Siem Offshore for a platform supply vessel which can operate on MDO and LNG.
12 Apr 2016
Sainty Marine Assets to be Sold in Online Auction
Assets totalling some CNY350 million ($54 million) are to be sold April 16 and 17 on digital shopping site Taobao.
11 Apr 2016
Australian Port Workers Planning Further Strike Action
An Australian dockworkers union has announced planned work stoppage set for April 13 at Sydney's Autostrad Terminal.
11 Apr 2016
MPA Announces Session for Bunker Industry Players at 11th Singapore Maritime Week
MPA CEO Andrew Tan says, overall, SMW 2016 will be focused on addressing the economic challenges and untapped growth areas in a challenging market.
11 Apr 2016
Update: New Singapore Bunker Player in Talks to Buy Malaysian Physical Supplier
But reports indicating a deal has already been done are incorrect, a spokesperson for the company tells Ship & Bunker.
8 Apr 2016
Singapore: MPA Offers Port Dues Discounts to Help Ailing Dry Bulk
The concession will be applicable if the vessels are carrying out cargo works with a port stay of not more than five days and will be in place for one year.
5 Apr 2016
Singapore Commodities Player Enters the Bunker Market
"It makes perfect sense for a homegrown Singapore company to enter this market now," the new player says.
1 Apr 2016
PetroChina Singapore Acquires Port Klang Storage with Intentions of Developing Bunkering Outlet
Market sources say PetroChina has likely leased all 220,000 cbm of available capacity that the Port Klang facility has to offer.
1 Apr 2016
LNG Bunkers Remain Distant Reality for Australia
Despite predictions that Australia will become one of the world's top exporters of LNG by 2020, LNG bunkering in the country is said to be "still a way off."
1 Apr 2016
Singapore's Mercator Lines' Sells Another Bulk Vessel
Yit Chee Wah, the company's judicial manager announced Thursday that the 73,652 DWT bulk carrier Kalpana Prem has been sold for $2,933,801.65.
1 Apr 2016
TS Taipei Debunkering Efforts Continue Amid Fears the Ship May Capsize, More Bunkers to Spill
The TS Taipei grounded off Shimen, Taiwan in March, causing a large bunker spill after the vessel fractured in the middle.
1 Apr 2016
OW Bunker Fallout in Singapore is Bad News for Ship Owners: Shook Lin & Bok
The Singapore High Court believes interpleader relief for ship owners is "inappropriate."
1 Apr 2016
Imbari Installs Scrubber on Bulk Carrier
The scrubber is said to have been installed on the vessel in support of a joint research project with Class NK, analysing a scrubber installation on a newbuild.
31 Mar 2016
Glander International Bunkering Welcomes New Singapore Trader
Guyson Kang was said to have regional expertise in the Asia Pacific region and has been in the maritime industry for over three years.
30 Mar 2016
HMM Gets Green Light for Finance Rescheduling
The approval lends the troubled South Korean shipping company much needed time to stabilise its financial situation and raise its liquidity.
30 Mar 2016
Large Bunker Spill as Containership Reported to have Broken in Two
TS Taipei ran aground on March 10.
28 Mar 2016
Alphaliner: Biggest Ever Container Shipping Bankruptcy Edges Closer
Alphaliner says HMM is running out of options after the company's bondholders rejected the company's proposed debt rescheduling plan.
28 Mar 2016