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Asia
Quah Ley Hoon to step down at Singapore’s MPA
Quah Ley Hoon will be stepping down as chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) next month…
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Bunkering
Singapore suspends Glencore’s bunkering licence
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it will suspend Glencore’s bunker licence for two months after a…
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Tech
RightShip to acquire Thynk Software’s maritime tech business
Digital maritime platform RightShip has agreed to acquire the maritime technology business of product development and software consultancy Thynk Software.…
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Ports and Logistics
Singapore and Rotterdam move to establish world’s longest green corridor
Singapore and Rotterdam have joined forces to develop the world’s longest green shipping corridor for low and zero carbon shipping.…
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Operations
Researchers develop new way to estimate wave resistance
Sea waves can impede the speed and performance, as well as increase the fuel consumption of ships travelling on the…
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Shipyards
Keppel awarded $54m in FPU contracts
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, through its subsidiaries Keppel AmFELS and Keppel Shipyard, has been awarded contracts worth around S$75m…
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Gas
BW LPG buys trading operations from Vilma Oil
Singapore’s BW LPG is expanding its product services division with the acquisition of the LPG trading operations from Spain’s Vilma…
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Operations
Hafnia tanker spills more than 2,000 gallons of bunker oil in Mississippi River
An LR tanker, , owned by the Oslo-listed product tanker unit of BW Group, Hafnia, spilled more than 2,000 gallons…
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Tankers
Pacific Carriers orders two product carriers in South Korea
Singapore-based Pacific Carriers has placed an order for a pair of 50,000 dwt MR tankers at K Shipbuilding in South…
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Offshore
Malaysia and Singapore unveil plan to build green offshore supply vessel
Three Malaysian shipbuilding and ship repair players have teamed up with a Singapore-based ship designer to build an environmentally friendly…
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Asia
Singapore opens R&D ocean basin facility
Singapore’s first ocean basin facility officially opened yesterday at the Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS) located at…
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Tankers
Samudera snaps up chemical tanker from Eastern Pacific
Singapore-listed Indonesian owner Samudera Shipping Line has purchased the 2008-built small chemical tanker from Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). Samudera has…
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Bunkering
Global drop-in biofuels pilot project launches
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is leading a consortium of 18 industry partners to launch a drop-in biofuels…
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Tech
Synergy eyes non-flammable rechargeable batteries for shipping
Synergy Marine, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Synergy Group, has partnered up with US-based battery developer Alsym Energy and Japanese owner…
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Bunkering
White paper finds more than 40% of Southeast Asia’s shipping pollution linked to Singapore bunker sales
Washington-based independent nonprofit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has published a white paper on greenhouse gas (GHG)…
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Tankers
Hafnia moves to up share capital to fund growth
Oslo-listed product tanker unit of BW Group, Hafnia, has proposed to increase its authorised share capital by an additional 25%.…
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Offshore
Sembcorp Marine lands gas topsides contract off Australia
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for gas topsides project in Australia. The…
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Gas
Former Fearnleys and Avance Gas boss Sørensen to join BW LPG
Oslo-listed BW LPG has hired the former Fearnleys and Avance Gas chief executive, Kristian Sørensen. Sørensen will join the Singapore-based…
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Dry Cargo
Berge Bulk adds more wind power
Singapore-based owner Berge Bulk has contracted a British maker of rotor sails Anemoi Marine Technologies to supply and fit two…
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Ports and Logistics
Singapore installs first energy storage system at PSA’s Pasir Panjang terminal
Singapore has deployed its first energy storage system (ESS) to enable more energy efficient port operations at PSA’s Pasir Panjang…
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