Two Brightoil Employees Charged in Singapore Bunker Fuel Theft
SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Two employees of Brightoil Petroleum (Singapore) Pte Ltd were charged in court in the city-state this week for their alleged involvement in the theft of marine fuel on...
View ArticleHaunted by Oil Slump, Singapore’s Otto Marine Buckles Under Debt
By Andrea Tan and David Yong (Bloomberg) — A Singapore shipping company rescued by its chairman just over a year ago faces collapse unless the courts step in, a sign that an earlier slump in oil prices...
View ArticlePavilion Energy Imports First LNG Cargo for Use in Singapore
by Dan Murtaugh and Klaus Wille (Bloomberg) Singapore’s state-owned natural gas importer brought in its first cargo of a super-chilled form of the fuel for domestic use. Pavilion Energy Pte, owned by...
View ArticleKeppel to Build Singapore’s First LNG-Powered Bunker Tanker
Singapore shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has announced that a subsidiary has secured a contract to build Singapore’s first dual-fuel bunker tanker to be powered by liquefied natural gas. A...
View ArticleButane Leaks After Very Large Gas Carrier and Tanker Collide Singapore -AIS...
By Roslan Khasawneh and Seng Li Peng SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said it is investigating a collision between two tankers in Singapore waters on...
View ArticleSingapore Bunker Fuel Market Rallies on Tight Supplies, Quality Issues
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, April 25 (Reuters) – The Singapore fuel oil market has rallied this week as inventories have dropped at the same time that some supplies in the region do not meet the...
View ArticleSingapore Awards $1.1 Billion Contract for Phase 2 of Tuas Mega-Port Project
By Aradhana Aravindan and Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, April 25 (Reuters) – Singapore on Wednesday announced a $1.1 billion plan to expand and modernise its port, the world’s second-biggest, but which...
View ArticleSingapore to Announce Mandatory Flow Meters for Bunkering Vessels -Source
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority (MPA) is set to announce it is making use of mass-flow-meters (MFM) mandatory onboard marine gasoil barges used...
View ArticleSingapore Extends Compulsory Use of Flow Meters to Distillate Barges
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, April 27 (Reuters) – Singapore will extend the mandatory use of mass-flow-meters to bunker barges delivering distillate fuels to large ships, the port authority said on...
View ArticleTotal and Pavilion Energy Agreement Seeks to Set Up LNG Bunkering in Singapore
Total and Singapore-based Pavilion Energy have signed a Heads of Agreement to jointly develop a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker fuel supply chain in the port of Singapore. The agreement covers the...
View ArticleSingapore Port Authority Strips Pegasus Maritime of Operator License
SINGAPORE, July 16 (Reuters) – Marine fuel services provider Pegasus Maritime (Singapore) Pte Ltd has lost its licence to operate bunker crafts in the port of Singapore effective July 16, the Maritime...
View ArticleUAE Inquiries for Marine Fuel Spike Amid Tainted Singapore Bunkers
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters) – Inquiries for marine fuel supplies in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Fujairah oil hub have spiked as shippers try to avoid loading tainted fuel oil...
View ArticleSingapore Bunkering Hub Ready for IMO 2020, Transport Minister Says
SINGAPORE, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Singapore authorities are taking measures to ensure the availability of low-sulphur marine fuels ahead of upcoming emissions regulations in 2020, Singapore’s Senior...
View ArticleSingapore to Ban ‘Wash Water’ Discharges from Open-Loop Scrubber Systems from...
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority (MPA) will ban the discharge of “wash water” used in ships to scrub engine exhaust from Jan. 1, 2020, the MPA said...
View ArticleSingapore 2018 Fuel Oil Trade Volumes Nearly Halved as IMO 2020 Looms
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) – High-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) volumes traded in S&P Global Platts’ Singapore price assessment process were nearly halved in 2018 from the previous...
View ArticleSingapore 2018 Bunker Volumes Dip, Outlook for this Year Uncertain
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Sales of marine fuels in Singapore, the world’s biggest ship fuelling port by volume, totalled 49.8 million tonnes in 2018, down 2 percent from a...
View ArticleOcean Bunkering Tops 2018 List of Singapore’s Largest Marine Fuel Suppliers
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Singapore-based Ocean Bunkering Services (OBS) Pte Ltd topped the 2018 list of largest marine fuel suppliers operating in the world’s biggest ship...
View ArticleIncident Video: Malaysian Vessel, Greek Bulk Carrier Collide in Singapore Waters
By Saket Sundria (Bloomberg) — A Malaysian vessel and a Greek-registered bulk carrier collided in Singapore territorial waters off Tuas on Saturday, according to a statement from the Maritime and Port...
View ArticleSupply Vessel Sinks in Singapore Shipping Lane
SINGAPORE, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said on Thursday that a small supply and personnel vessel with three Indonesian crew members had capsized and sunk in its...
View ArticleSingapore Will Seek Prison for Captains and Owners Breaking 2020 Low Sulphur...
By Saket Sundria and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Singapore has a message for shipping companies considering cheating on rules starting next year to combat pollution to save a few dollars on their fuel bills:...
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