Singapore LNG Set to Get Cargo for Third Tank
File photo of the Singapore LNG Terminal at Jurong Island in Singapore. Image courtesy of Singapore LNG Corporation By Chou Hui Hong July 27 (Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp., which operates the Asian...
View ArticleSPOTD: Ships Disappear in Thick Haze Off Singapore
(c) REUTERS/Edgar Su Vessels line the coast in an anchorage area shrouded by haze in Singapore on September 18, 2014. Easterly winds have been moving vast clouds of smoke from forest fires burning in...
View ArticleSingapore to Use Radar Blimp to Boost Piracy, Aviation Surveillance
The radar-equipped blimp, operating 24 hours a day, will be capable of monitoring as far as 200 kilometers (124 miles) — about four times the length of the island. File photo courtesy Ministry of...
View ArticleOW Bunker Scandal Sends Traders Scrambling, Investors Eye Lawsuits
Photo credit: OW Bunker Update: OW Bunker Files for Bankruptcy By Jane Xie and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN/SINGAPORE, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Traders and shipping companies scrambled to source fuel and take...
View ArticleOW Bunker Files for Bankruptcy
Photo (c) OW Bunker A/S Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker A/S has filed for bankruptcy less than 48 hours after its world was rocked by an alleged $125 million bunker fraud scandal uncovered at its...
View ArticleOW Bunker Scandal Causes Only ‘Minimal Disruption’ in Singapore -UPDATE
Photo credit: OW Bunker The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has determined that there will be only minimal disruption to bunker supply in the Port of Singapore as a result of the OW...
View ArticleShanghai Widens Lead as World’s Busiest Container Port
Port of Shanghai file photo (c) Shutterstock/chungking By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Shanghai retained its title as the world’s busiest container port for a fifth consecutive year after widening the...
View ArticleSingapore’s Galaxy of Ships
One thing you’ll notice as you fly in to Singapore’s Changi airport is the seemingly never-ending fleet of ships anchored just off the southern shoreline in the Straits of Malacca. I took this image on...
View ArticleNew $1.8 Billion Singapore Mega Port Will Have 20 Deep Water Berths
Illustration: DEME Group The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has signed a milestone contract for the construction of the first phase of a new $1.82 billion mega port in Singapore. The...
View ArticleFourteen Missing After Barge Capsizes in Singapore
The latest AIS position transmitted by Oceanline SC208 shows the vessel underway at 9.8 knots at 2015-05-19 12:27 GMT. Screengrab courtesy MarineTraffic.com Fourteen people are missing after a barge...
View ArticleSearch Continues for Fourteen Still Missing After Barge Capsizes
The latest AIS position transmitted by Oceanline SC208 shows the vessel underway at 9.8 knots at 2015-05-19 12:27 GMT. Screengrab courtesy MarineTraffic.com Fourteen crewmembers remain missing more...
View ArticleBunker Price Slump Set to Deepen
Ships are seen anchored in front of a refinery on Singapore’s Bukom Island in this July 6, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files By Jane Xie SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Marine fuel prices are set to...
View ArticlePirates Board Three Ships in Three Hours in Singapore Strait
Tanker Pro Triumph file photo (c) MarineTraffic.com/A Mackinnon Three commercial ships were boarded by pirates within just three hours of each other in Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), the...
View ArticleSingapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal
A view of the construction site of new berths at the Pasir Panjang Terminal Phases 3 and 4 in Singapore June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters) – Singapore opened the newest...
View ArticleSingapore Launches First New Maritime Patrol Vessel as Regional Tensions Rise
Illustration showing the Singpore Navy’s Independence-class Littoral Missing Vessel. By Livia Yap and Sharon Chen (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s navy is preparing to take on more unconventional missions...
View ArticleNeptune Orient Lines Put Up for Sale, Sources Say
APL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines. Photo (c) Sheila_Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.com July 16 (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has put shipping...
View ArticleThree U.S. Navy Admirals Censured in Singapore Bribery Scandal
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (foreground). File Photo: Creative Commons By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy censured three admirals in connection with a bribery scandal...
View ArticleSingapore Shipping Company Sanctioned Over North Korea Ties
North Korean container ship ”Chong Chon Gang” docked at the Manzanillo International Container Terminal in Colon City July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso SINGAPORE, July 24 (Reuters) –...
View ArticleSingapore Port Authority Calls for LNG Bunkering Proposals
Shipping vessels and oil tankers line up the eastern coast of Singapore July 22, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority is seeking proposals on...
View ArticleNeptune Orient Lines Swings to First Profit in Six Quarters
APL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines. Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com SINGAPORE, July 30 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) swung...
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