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Johor oil storage tank for sale
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Tanjung Langsat Port is looking to sell its 100,000 cu m storage tank terminal in the southern…
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BW launches $200m bonds issuance
Singapore: BW Group is launching an offering of senior secured bonds due 2019 exchangeable into common shares of BW LPG…
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V.Group acquires Core-IRM
Singapore: V.Group has concluded the acquisition of Core-IRM, a Singapore-based offshore IRM (inspection, repairs and maintenance) services provider. …
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New port agency launches in Singapore
Singapore: A new shipping agency, Wave Shipping, has launched in Singapore. Lars Rosenkrands, founder and ceo of Wave Shipping, said:…
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Foul smelling containers to be returned to Manila
Manila: In the merry go-round that is the Manila port congestion saga, a number of boxes dispatched from the Philippine…
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New cases for Bunker Detective as Singapore office opens
Singapore: Canadian marine surveying organisation Bunker Detectives has formed a subsidiary in Singapore. "Establishing this office in the world's busiest…
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Inpex cuts stake in Malaysian offshore block
Kuala Lumpur: Japan's Inpex has agreed to sell a 25% stake in the deep water Block S in offshore Malaysia…
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SapuraKencana finds more gas off Sarawak
Kuala Lumpur: SapuraKencana Petroleum has announced that subsidiary, SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak, has made a gas discovery from Bakong-1, the fifth…
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Shippers given one week to shift their customs-cleared boxes from Manila
Manila: Shippers have one week to shift their overstaying boxes at terminals in Manila, according to the latest edict from…
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Boxes piling up at Haiphong
Hanoi: Boxes are piling up at Vietnam’s top northern port, Haiphong, following the Ministry of Transport’s efforts to regulate truck-loading…
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Calls to improve the lives of Vietnamese seafarers
Hanoi: Hanoi must do more to make a career at sea an attractive job proposition, local shipowners have urged, amid…
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Blast kills three, injures 18 at Batam yard
Jakarta: Investigations continue into the shipyard accident on Friday evening that claimed the lives of three workers. Three men died…
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Thai tanker attacked off Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: Armed pirates boarded a Thai tanker off Malaysia's east coast and pumped out its cargo of oil. The…
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Petronas heads to Argentina on shale hunt
Kuala Lumpur: YPF and Petronas, state-controlled companies from Argentina and Malaysia, signed a $550m accord to develop shale oil at…
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Container storage fees hiked in Manila in bid to shift empties
Manila: A further 1,154 empty containers were shipped out of Manila to Subic yesterday onboard the MV Asterix as efforts…
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Bunkering poll makes clear the huge challenges facing shipping
Singapore: The future of bunkering will remain very challenging for shipowners, early results from a poll carried out by this…
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New Singapore firm orders $200m coastal support vessel
Shanghai: China’s Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has signed a newbuilding contract for a coastal supply vessel, Red Class 6027,…
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Send toxic containers back to Canada, Manila NGO urges
Manila: An environmental group has chipped in with its own idea to help cut congestion at the Port of Manila.…
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New Vietnamese oilfield
Hanoi: Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan has struck oil at its fourth oil-well at plot 05-1b and 05-1c offshore southern Vietnam. The…
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UniMarine: Clarity on lube challenges
Singapore: Today sees the launch of another magazine from the Asia Shipping Media stable, the third in three days. Maritime…
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