Asia
Stop propping up yards, urges Sohmen-Pao
Singapore: Governments stepping in to ensure employment at shipyards remains is wrong and is causing havoc to shipping with…
Read More »Roro link to Sabah delayed
Manila: Plans to create a roro link between Brooke’s Point in Palawan and Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia have been postponed…
Read More »Singapore selects Qatargas
Singapore: Singapore has concluded a deal witb Qatargas for its commissioning first ever LNG cargo. The fuel will arrive…
Read More »Offshore survey around Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been awarded a contract worth around $7m by Shell to acquire 3D electromagnetic…
Read More »Davao pushes transhipment claims
Manila: Local authorities in the Philippines’ third city, Davao in the far south, are looking for a foreign firm to…
Read More »Conversion work for ASL
Singapore: PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia is to convert the 22-year-old single hull tanker Federal II vessel into a floating storage…
Read More »Bumi Armada bags 13-year-old VLCC for $29m
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia-based international offshore oil and gas services provider, Bumi Armada has acquired and taken delivery of a…
Read More »Sembcorp wins big with $806m drillship order
Singapore: Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Offshore Pte Ltd has secured a $806.4m contract for the design and construction of…
Read More »Pertamina told to focus on core business
Jakarta: The government is pushing for a further streamlining of state energy giant Pertamina. It is coming under pressure…
Read More »PNOC keen to exit shipowning
Manila: Philippine National Oil Co (PNOC) is getting rid of its ships, starting with one of its single-hulled product…
Read More »Sealink International’s chairman passes away
Kuala Lumpur: Offshore operator Sealink International has alerted the local bourse about the passing of its chairman Datuk Michael Hardin,…
Read More »Bulkers for Cosco Shipyard
Singapore: COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard has secured a contract from an unspecified European company to build two bulk carriers of 35,500…
Read More »Bullish outlook at OSEA
Singapore: S Irwaran, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, painted a favourable picture of Asia’s offshore scene yesterday in…
Read More »Neptune takeover in the offing
Singapore: Singapore-based MTQ Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Blossomvale Investments, has today declared its off-market takeover offer for all the ordinary shares…
Read More »Shell extends Malaysian partnerships
Kuala Lumpur: Shell Malaysia has signed a new production sharing contract with Petronas to explore for oil and gas…
Read More »Yangzijiang in first jack-up deal
Shanghai: Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Engineering is getting close to ink a deal with Qatar Investment Corporation to build a…
Read More »Latest SinoShip magazine goes live featuring Cosco’s Ma
Dalian: On the cover of the latest issue of SinoShip magazine is Ma Zehua, the conservative president of Cosco…
Read More »CCNI boxship order illustrative of dramatic tonnage cascade
Manila: Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica (CCNI) has selected the Korean company Hanjin Heavy Industrries and Construction’s Philippine subsidiary to…
Read More »Japan Club opening in Singapore
Singapore: Redolent of the fact many of its members now manage their vessels out of Singapore the Japan Ship…
Read More »Hanoi slashes shipbuilding spend amid protracted slump
Hanoi: A measure of reality has been doled out from Hanoi in its latest economic forecasts. Shipbuilding targets have…
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