APAC News

Huge Growth for LNG Bunkering, Says Vitol CEO

Change will bring different types of buyers into the market.

5 Sep 2023

Indian Ports Expect Higher Bunker Demand After End of Monsoon Season

OPL bunker operations in the region were scheduled to resume as of September 1, a representative of local producer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited tells Ship & Bunker.

4 Sep 2023

Singapore: Singfar Orders Tanker Newbuilds

To be built at Chinese shipyard.

4 Sep 2023

MJM Energy and Resources Expands into Physical Bunker Supply and Marine Fuel Trading

MJM's "standout feature" is a specialized 20,000 MT bonded storage facility, Senior General Manager, Haris Zakir, tells Ship & Bunker.

4 Sep 2023

Global Risk Management Appoints Managing Director in Singapore

The new manager has worked for GRM in Singapore since August 2021.

1 Sep 2023

Monjasa Moves Into New Singapore Office

The firm now has 20 staff working in the new office in the 1 Raffles Place building.

31 Aug 2023

Singapore to Trial Electric Harbourcraft Charging Points at Five Locations

The Maritime and Port Authority has issued a call for proposals to develop the charging points at Jurong Port, Marina South Pier, Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal, PSA Marine-West Coast Base and Sebarok Terminal.

29 Aug 2023

Sinopec Denies Plan to Acquire Shell Singapore Refinery

Sinopec President Yu Baocai has denied earlier reports that the firm was considering acquiring the plant.

29 Aug 2023

PureteQ Partners With Local Firm to Produce Scrubbers in China

Anders Skibdal, CEO of PureteQ, has been taking meetings in China this week to set up the partnership.

25 Aug 2023

Shell Mulls Sale of Singapore Refinery: Report

The firm has reportedly tasked investment bank Goldman Sachs with exploring a potential sale of the 237,000 b/d Pulau Bukom plant.

25 Aug 2023

GAC Seeks Larger Role in Malaysian Bunker Market

GAC Malaysia has opened a new office in Kota Kinabalu in the east of the country, with marine fuel sales as part of its remit.

25 Aug 2023

Bulker Banned From Australian Waters for Alleged Mistreatment of Seafarers

The Australian Maritime Safety Agency has banned the Liberian-flagged bulker MSXT Emily from the country's waters for a year after finding 'apparent serious issues of wage theft and seafarer mistreatment onboard'.

24 Aug 2023

NYK Bulker Completes Biofuel Bunker Trial

The bulker Sunrise Serenity, operated by NYK subsidiary Asahi Shipping, took on biodiesel bunkers at the port of Kobe on July 28 before consuming it on a voyage to Newcastle, Australia.

21 Aug 2023

Former Sembcorp Executive Faces Corruption Charges in Singapore

Balakrishnan Govindasamy, a former commercial executive at the Sembcorp unit, faces 14 charges under Singapore's Prevention of Corruption Act.

18 Aug 2023

South Korea Prepares for Ulsan LNG Bunkering

SK Gas, H-Line and the Ulsan Port Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an LNG bunkering project.

17 Aug 2023

FuelNG Carries Out Singapore's First SIMOPS Car Carrier LNG Bunkering

FueLNG, NYK Line and Shell collaborated on the LNG bunkering of the Jasmine Leader at the PSA Asia Automobile Terminal in Singapore on August 16.

17 Aug 2023

Chimbusco Pan Nation Completes First Biofuel Bunker Delivery in Hong Kong

The deal was facilitated by Peninsula's Tokyo office.

15 Aug 2023

ANALYSIS: Singapore July Bunker Sales Gain 9.3% on Year

July's total was up by 9.3% from July 2022, by 14.9% from June's level and just short of the 4.52 million mt seen in May, which had been the highest monthly figure since January 2018.

14 Aug 2023

MPA Investigates Report of Singapore Bunker Contamination

The MPA has not yet found any vessels that have experienced engine damage after consuming the fuel, a representative tells Ship & Bunker.

14 Aug 2023

Hin Leong's OK Lim Returns to Court

Trading firm Hin Leong and its court-appointed liquidators are suing the Lim family in an effort to recover funds to repay creditors to the collapsed firm.

11 Aug 2023