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MOL combines chemical elements
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is performing some alchemy, making changes to its chemical carrier divisions. Starting January 1 next…
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Asia
‘The Singapore proposition is still there but we need to be on our toes’
An exclusive interview with Esben Poulsson, the president of the Singapore Shipping Association. Esben Poulsson was elected earlier this year…
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Asia
Emas Offshore reaches deal to refinance debt
Emas Offshore, part of Singapore’s Ezra Holdings, says it has reached a deal with lenders to refinance its financial obligations…
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Asia
PSA plans ahead
Despite current tricky trading conditions, the country’s top terminal operator continues to build business and tech partnerships. Amid tricky conditions…
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Containers
Rickmers Trust admits seven-year-old ship has been sold
Embattled Rickmers Trust Management has entered into a deed of consent with the Singapore branch of Commerzbank to settle some…
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Asia
Singapore offshore: Barely hanging on
It’s been one of the worst years in memory for anyone in Singapore connected to oil and gas. On November…
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Europe
NewLead pair sold by Goldman Sachs
Singapore owner Wilmar is ending the year at a gallop. Subsidiary Raffles Shipping has just been linked as the buyer…
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Asia
$140m Pacific Radiance newbuild charter delayed
Singapore offshore support vessel operator Pacific Radiance says that a charter it won in 2014 for a newbuild vessel due to…
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Asia
Sembcorp Marine denies PPL Shipyard sale rumours
Local Singapore newspaper Business Times is reporting that struggling Sembcorp Marine is weighing up selling all or part of subsidiary…
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Asia
EMAS Offshore terminates with Perisai Petroleum Teknologi over SJR Marine put option
EMAS Offshore, part of Singapore’s Ezra Holdings, says it has terminated an agreement with Malaysia’s Perisai Petroleum Teknologi whereby it…
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Asia
Challenges for Singapore in shipping’s season of anomy
Edward Ion, managing partner of Singapore-based Helix Media, suggests the government needs to be more laissez-faire. The hoary old question…
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Asia
Incisive Law: Singapore champion
Today sees the launch of Splash’s annual Singapore magazine, which seems like an appropriate moment to catch up with Bill…
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Europe
BW LPG takes final Aurora LPG shares
BW LPG has announced it will buy out the remaining shares of Aurora LPG now that it controls 96% of…
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Asia
Lessons Singapore has learned from London
It was, as Esben Poulsson pointed out at this year’s Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) annual bash, back in 2002 that…
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Asia
Wilmar bags bargain elderly MR tanker
Angolan energy major Sonangol has offloaded one of its older tankers. Brokers report Singapore’s Wilmar International has paid just $5m…
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Asia
Swiber execs out on bail as investigations hot up
A host of current and former senior management at struggling Swiber Holdings have been interviewed by authorities in Singapore with…
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Europe
Swire Pacific Offshore takes Olympic vessel
Struggling Norwegian OSV firm Olympic Ship has sold a subsea support and construction vessel. Singapore’s Swire Pacific Offshore has taken…
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Asia
Pacific Radiance director arrested in corruption investigation
Mok Weng Vai, one of two executive directors of Singapore offshore vessel owner Pacific Radince, was arrested on Friday by the…
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Europe
GasLog prepares for FSRU order at Keppel
GasLog says it has begun ordering long lead items for the conversion of an LNG carrier to a floating storage…
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Asia
Viewing the Hanjin collapse in Singapore with a different lens
Lauren Tang from law firm Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance takes a look at the The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 and how…
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