Singapore


Friday, March 5, 2021
Ports

Congestion Hits Port of Singapore

By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – Major delays have now hit the port of Singapore, with congestion causing vessel turnaround times to more than

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 5783

Monday, March 1, 2021
Finance

VLCC Fire Sale – Singapore Tanker Tycoon O.K. Lim Liquidates One-Third His Fleet To Repay Billions Of Debt

By Jessica Jaganathan (Reuters) – About one-third of the roughly 150 ships owned by companies controlled by Singapore tycoon Lim Oon Kuin and his family

March 1, 2021
Total Views: 4779

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Shipping

Singapore Port Authority Backs Ammonia Fuel Project

SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has joined an industry-led project to advance the use of ammonia as a

February 24, 2021
Total Views: 1176

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Ports

Singapore Seeks to Vaccinate 10,000 Maritime Workers in January

Singapore has unveiled plans for an aggressive vaccination blitz for frontline maritime workers that aims to put some 10,000 needles in arms by the end of the

January 19, 2021
Total Views: 1778

Thursday, January 14, 2021
Shipping

Shell Unit Named Singapore’s Top Marine Fuel Supplier of 2020

SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Shell Plc’s Singapore bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 1068

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Losing Bet on Covid Is Changing Oil-Trading Industry Forever
Shipping

Losing Bet on Covid Is Changing Oil-Trading Industry Forever

By Alfred Cang (Bloomberg) — In January, as a mysterious illness ripped through the Chinese city of Wuhan, global oil prices plunged. Two thousand

December 29, 2020
Total Views: 2592

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas
Cruise Ships

Singapore’s ‘Cruise-to-Nowhere’ Ends Early Amid COVID Scare

By Chen Lin and Yi Shu Ng SINGAPORE, Dec 9 (Reuters) – A Royal Caribbean “cruise-to-nowhere” from Singapore began disembarking its nearly

December 9, 2020
Total Views: 2460

Friday, November 6, 2020
Singapore’s Cruise to Nowhere, Er, Sets Sail
Cruise Ships

Singapore’s Cruise to Nowhere, Er, Sets Sail

By Travis Teo SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Hit by cabin fever, hundreds of Singapore residents itching to get out of the tiny country boarded a

November 6, 2020
Total Views: 230

Thursday, November 5, 2020
Shipping Fuel Demand Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels -Traders
Shipping News

Shipping Fuel Demand Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels -Traders

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Asian refiners’ profit from producing very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) climbed to six-month highs

November 5, 2020
Total Views: 119

Monday, October 19, 2020
ships at anchor
Shipping News

Singapore Suspends Bunker Supply Licences of Hin Leong Unit

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Singapore has suspended the licences to sell ship fuel held by a subsidiary of defunct oil trader Hin

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 95

Ocean Princess Tanker
News

Singapore’s Ocean Tankers Wants To Return Ships To Owners

By Florence Tan and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The court-appointed manager for Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd has applied to the Singapore court

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 1862

Friday, October 16, 2020
Singapore’s Cruises to Nowhere to Set Sail in November
Cruise Ships

Singapore’s Cruises to Nowhere to Set Sail in November

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Two cruise ships will start sailing from Singapore from next month into the open seas and back as the city-state aims to

October 16, 2020
Total Views: 84

Friday, October 2, 2020
ship anchorage
Shipping News

Head of Singapore’s Biggest Marine Fuel Supplier Charged in Shell Oil Heist Case

SINGAPORE, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The founder of one of Singapore’s biggest marine fuel suppliers has been charged for his involvement in a large-scale

October 2, 2020
Total Views: 214

Monday, August 17, 2020
Ocean Princess Tanker
Finance

Ocean Tankers Seeks To Reclaim $19 Million From Lim Family

by Jessica Jaganathan (Reuters) – The court-appointed manager of Singapore Ocean Tankers is seeking to reclaim about $19 million from the Lim family

August 17, 2020
Total Views: 168

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets
Shipping News

New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) –The new Saga Dawn liquefied natural gas tanker shuttling between Singapore and Humen in eastern China is a sign that

June 9, 2020
Total Views: 125

Monday, April 27, 2020
ships at anchor
News

Singapore Reports ‘High Degree’ of Compliance with IMO 2020

The Port Authority of Singapore has reported a ‘high degree’ of compliance with new a international law limiting the sulphur content of fuel used by

April 27, 2020
Total Views: 247

Monday, April 20, 2020
Singapore Oil Trader Hin Leong Failed to Declare $800 Million Losses
News

Singapore Oil Trader Hin Leong Failed to Declare $800 Million Losses

Fabled Singapore oil trader Hin Leong hid about $800 million in losses racked up in futures trading on the orders of its founder Lim Oon Kuin, suggesting a

April 20, 2020
Total Views: 251

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
A bunker vessel prepares to supply fuel to Hin Leong's Pu Tuo Shan VLCC supertanker in the waters off Jurong Island in Singapore
Shipping News

PetroChina Tops Singapore’s Shrinking List of 2019 Marine Fuel Suppliers

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Reuters) – PetroChina’s Singapore bunkering unit moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel supplier in the

January 29, 2020
Total Views: 123

Monday, December 30, 2019
Ships at anchor off Singapore.
Piracy

Piracy Along Malacca-Singapore Straits Jumps Nearly Fourfold

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Piracy has surged this year along Southeast Asia’s straits of Malacca and Singapore, one of the world’s busiest trade routes,

December 30, 2019
Total Views: 385

Friday, December 20, 2019
Singapore anchorage
Shipping News

Singapore Jails Tanker Captain in Shell Oil Heist

SINGAPORE, Dec 20 (Reuters) – The captain of a Vietnamese oil tanker has been jailed for over five years in Singapore for his role in a scheme that saw

December 20, 2019
Total Views: 79