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Look up there! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s a ship?!
Photo : Crew Seafox 5 ©Workfox B.V. Yes, that’s right, it’s a ship [a self-propelled DP2 jack-up, heavy lift ship to be precise]. For the uninitiated, it could look like the Empire’s AT-AT landing...
View ArticleVenezuelan Refinery Fire Boosts Ship Fuel Prices In Singapore
While Venezuelan officials maintain that a recent major fire at the country’s largest refinery last month hasn’t hurt its oil business, the disaster is starting to make waves halfway around the world,...
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LPG Tanker and Bulk Carrier Collide off Singapore
Location of Sultan Shoal Lighthouse, image via Google Earth Temasek Fairway, Singapore, image via Google Maps A collision between two ships resulted in an oil spill in the sea outside Singapore,...
View ArticleShip Chandler Killed After Falling Overboard
A Singaporean ship chandler was killed Tuesday after falling into the water while disembarking from a bulk carrier at the Port of Singapore following a delivery. The Maritime and Port Authority of...
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Jurong Shipyard Jack-Up Accident [INCIDENT PHOTOS]
gCaptain has just received these exclusive photos of this week’s jack-up rig accident at Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. Monday’s incident left 89 workers injured but amazingly did not result in any...
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NOSCO Victory Denied with Stranded Myanmar Shipwreck Survivors
NOSCO Victory. Photo via NOSCO. Chun Han Wong SINGAPORE–A group of shipwreck survivors rescued near Myanmar last week remains in limbo off Singapore’s coast despite concerns they could be refugees, in...
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Escaping Singapore’s Congestion, Vitol to Sell Marine Bunkers in Malaysia
Vitol Group plans to start sales of marine fuel, or bunkers, to a port in southern Malaysia as it seeks to supply ship owners that moved from Singapore, the world’s second-biggest container port. Vitol...
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Fuel Tanks Available in Singapore as Oil Traders BP and Gunvor Group Move...
(c) Robert Almeida SINGAPORE–After scrambling for years to secure space in Singapore’s onshore oil storage tanks, some of the biggest fuel oil traders in Asia are giving up tanks or moving stocks...
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A Busy Year Ahead for Sembawang Shipyard, 8 More Cruise Ships Scheduled for...
Image courtesy Sembcorp Marine SINGAPORE – The new year has started off well for Sembawang Shipyard. In the first two weeks of January, the Singapore-based yard carried out concurrent repairs,...
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EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Unlikely to Affect Crude Oil Shipments
By Claire Milhench LONDON (Reuters) – A trade deal between the European Union and Singapore is unlikely to affect North Sea crude oil shipments to Asia, given that EU crude exports to Singapore already...
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Singapore Considers Huge New LNG Storage Tank to Support Q-Max Cargoes
A Q-Max LNG Carrier, image: QatarGas (Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp.’s fourth gas storage tank may have 260,000 cubic meters of capacity, enough to fit four A380 jumbo jets, the company’s chief...
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Singapore Trading Hub May Put Cap on Costliest LNG, IEA Says
LNG import jetty, image (c) Singapore LNG (Bloomberg) — Singapore is the most likely hub for trading liquefied natural gas and reducing the government interference that keeps Asia’s prices higher than...
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Maersk Line Beefing Up Singapore-Flagged Fleet
Maersk Line file photo (c) Wartsila By Kyunghee Park March 6 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s biggest container-shipping company, plans to add more vessels to its Singapore...
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Vessel Sinks After Colliding with High Speed Ferry Off Singapore, 1 Crew...
Sea Hawk, image courtesy LittleWalter/Shipspotting.com (Bloomberg) — An Indonesian-registered vessel sank in Singapore waters after colliding with a ferry this morning, triggering a search and rescue...
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Strict IMO Regulations Boost Demand for Low Sulphur Fuel in Singapore
Tanjong Pagar Container Terminal, Singapore, image (c) Shutterstock/deepblue-photographer SINGAPORE, March 25 (Reuters) – Demand for low sulphur bunker fuel in Singapore is expected to rise at least...
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Singapore Shipyard Fire Injures Four
Photo: Singapore Civil Defence Force Four people were injured Tuesday night after a fire broke out at a Singapore shipyard. A statement from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower said that the fire started...
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Singapore LNG Gets Very Cold, Very Quickly as First Cargo Arrives
LNG import jetty, image (c) Singapore LNG (Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp., the island state’s importer of liquefied natural gas, received its first cargo and will use the spot shipment from Qatar to...
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Singapore Gets First Commercial LNG Cargo at Jurong Island
The Umm Slal, a Q-Max LNG ship, delivered the first cargo at terminal 1 at Singapore LNG Corp’s new terminal at Jurong Island on March 27, 2013. Photo: Singapore LNG Corp. By Chou Hui Hong (Bloomberg)...
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Four Charged in Singapore Bunker Fraud Case
Image (c) Jinga/Shutterstock By Ship & Bunker, Contributing Author Four people have been arrested in Singapore after authorities acted on information pertaining to illegal bunkering activities in...
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Indonesian Forest Fires Set Singapore Smog Record, Raise Concerns Over Safe...
A vessel travels on the haze blanketed sea along East Coast Park as the pollutant standards index (PSI) hits above 300 in Singapore June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Chong By Kanupriya Kapoor and Michael...
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