APAC News

New Bunker Barge for Indian Player at Kochi
The addition of the 2014 build vessel reportedly takes the number of bunkering vessels at the port to six.
4 Aug 2015
CSCL Boosts Its Fleet With Another Eight Containerships
The total cost of the new builds is estimated at $934.4 million.
3 Aug 2015
SK Energy Starts ULSFO Supply in Singapore
The product is said to be fully compliant with, and compatible with all other, ISO8217 RME180 specification fuels.
31 Jul 2015
Hong Kong Dry Bulk Operator Pacific Basin Reports $5.8 million Net Profit
However, its core dry bulk business generates a net loss of $15.4 million.
31 Jul 2015
Report Suggests Singapore's Container Port Lags Behind Malaysia and China in Productivity
However maritime analysts reportedly argue that the newly presented efficiency data may not represent the whole picture.
30 Jul 2015
Second Singapore Vessel Arrest This Month
Welfine was arrested on July 23, 2015 following action by local law firm Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP.
30 Jul 2015
Shanghai-Based Bunker Trader Dissolves Bunkering Venture Amid Poor Results, Alleged Criminal Activity
Shanghai Lonyer Fuels will be liquidating its bunkering subsidiary, Lonyer GreenCooper Trading Company.
29 Jul 2015
Singapore: MPA Issues RFP for LNG Bunker Supplier Licence
The successful candidate will provide a complete bunkering supply and delivery solution.
29 Jul 2015
Shanghai Launches Singapore Bunker Price-Linked Incentive Scheme for Shore-Power
In an effort to reduce shipping emissions, Shanghai says it will be implementing an incentive scheme for OGVs calling the port to use shore-power.
29 Jul 2015
Update: Singapore Bunker Supplier Loses $21.7 million, 7 Year Bunker Dispute
Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd loses out to Malaysian shipping line MISC Berhad.
28 Jul 2015
India Reduces Customs Duty on Bunkers
India's Ministry of Finance Friday announced that it will be reducing the customs duty on bunker fuels in order to support economic growth.
28 Jul 2015
Small Bunker Spill Reported After Bulker and Tanker Collide Off Shanghai
General cargo ship Jiang Xia Xiang Thursday capsized after collision with tanker Bai Chi in the Yangtze River.
28 Jul 2015
Construction of Kerala Bunkering Facility Progressing
The government has revealed plans to shift 20 percent of road shipping to marine shipping.
28 Jul 2015
No Sale for Singapore's NOL, Says Drewry
A lack of suitable buyers, unattractive assets, and no real urgency for a cut price deal mean a sale is unlikely.
28 Jul 2015
CMA CGM Takes Delivery of its Largest Containership, and the Biggest Ever Built in China
CMA CGM Vasco de Gama is the third in a total of six 18,000 TEU box ships for CMA CGM, and will sail under the UK flag.
27 Jul 2015
Sri Lanka Looks at Naval Base for Hambantota as Second Development Phase Gets Underway
A feasibility study will determine the outcome of the underused Sri Lankan facility.
27 Jul 2015
Singapore's Highest Oil Product Inventories Since 1999 a Sign "Markets are Struggling with Supply Glut"
Singapore oil product stocks have reportedly reached the highest they have been since at least 1999.
27 Jul 2015
Australia's Focus on Vessel Emissions Turns to Tankers
NSW's Greenwich Community Association says that the EPA should extend new cruise-ship-centred sulfur regulations to fuel to tankers at Gore Bay.
23 Jul 2015
Colombo's Port to Receive Cruise Terminal
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority says Colombo's port will be setting up a cruise terminal due to a growing number of cruise vessel calls.
23 Jul 2015
Box Ship Arrested in Singapore
Panamax box ship SCI Chennai is the twelfth vessel to be arrested in Singapore this year.
23 Jul 2015