Singapore
-
Tech
MISC invests in three Singapore start-ups
MISC, Malaysia’s flagship shipping line, has revealed it has invested, along with Boston Consulting, in three Singapore-based start-ups. The three…
Read More » -
Renewables
WEM Marine doubles up on crew transfer vessels at Strategic Marine
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has secured contracts to build an additional pair of crew transfer vessels for UK-based offshore support…
Read More » -
Gas
Odfjell exits gas carrier sector with sale of ethylene carrier duo to BW Epic Kosan
BW Epic Kosan has reached an agreement with Odfjell Gas Shipowning to acquire two 9,000 cu m ethylene carriers, Bow…
Read More » -
Offshore
Techmar Services acquires Global 1 IRM
Techmar Services, part of the Heidmar group, has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based offshore oil and gas technical services…
Read More » -
Containers
OM Maritime makes headlines again, shelling out $54m for a 17-year-old 5,000 teu ship
OM Maritime continues to make headlines for the extraordinary prices it is willing to pay for box tonnage. The Singapore-based…
Read More » -
Environment
Singapore launches maritime decarbonisation centre
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) today announced the formation of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD)…
Read More » -
Bunkering
Berge Bulk revealed as second shipowner to invest in budding British atomic power venture
James Marshall-led Berge Bulk has been revealed as the second shipowner to invest in Core Power, a British firm developing…
Read More » -
Operations
DNV supports crew change programme in Southeast Asia
Classification society DNV is helping to facilitate safe crew changes amid South East Asia’s Covid crisis as an auditor in…
Read More » -
Containers
PIL starts to rebuild fleet as records continue to tumble in red-hot container sector
In a further sign of the roaring, record-breaking period container shipping is enjoying Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has expanded…
Read More » -
Dry Cargo
Grindrod buys Bain’s stake in bulk JV
Grindrod Shipping is finally buying out the remaining 31.14% equity stake in its IVS Bulk joint venture, paying Bain Capital…
Read More » -
Offshore
Keppel set for FPSO legal fight
Singapore’s Keppel Corporation has been served with a legal claim related to two engineering, procurement and construction contracts for floating…
Read More » -
Tankers
TMN picks up Eastern Pacific aframax
Thailand’s TMN has dived into the secondhand market, adding its biggest ship to date. Sources tell Splash that the privately…
Read More » -
Operations
Berge Bulk trials solar power at sea
On its ambitious path to become carbon neutral by the middle of this decade, Berge Bulk is looking to scale…
Read More » -
Finance and Insurance
Singapore completes first live bunker delivery financing transaction
Singapore bank DBS has partnered with Trafigura Group’s marine fuels supply and procurement joint venture TFG Marine, Japanese containerline Ocean…
Read More » -
Tankers
Goldwin affiliate takes Eastern Pacific aframaxes
Two vintage takers sold by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific have emerged in Chinese hands. Earlier this year the prominent tanker…
Read More » -
Finance and Insurance
Vijay Kamath reunites with Philip Clausius
Vijay Kamath is teaming up once again with his old boss, Philip Clausius. Kamath, who worked with Clausius at FSL…
Read More » -
Gas
Shell charters six newbuild LNG carriers
Shell is taking its newbuild LNG carrier book to 24 with agreements in place for a further six ships with…
Read More » -
Containers
X-Press Feeders makes initial $3.6m payment over Sri Lankan sinking
X-Press Feeders, operators of the burnt containership , through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made an initial payment of…
Read More » -
Offshore
Miclyn Express Offshore awarded long-term charters in the Middle East
Singapore-based OSV owner Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO) has won a five-year contract for three fast crew boats in the Middle…
Read More » -
Contributions
Singapore shipping bosses, please check in on your minority colleagues
Banu Kannu from Uncommon Conferences on sustained casual racism at many workplaces in Singapore. The raft of racially motivated acts and attacks against…
Read More »