Singapore: Peter Illingworth, a well-known name in Singapore tanker circles, is moving on. Tomorrow he will leave DVB and go on gardening leave through to August. Illingworth holds the position of ...

Bangkok: Myanmar will let international investors bid for 15 additional offshore oil exploration blocks by the end of next year, a move that comes after the earlier release of 40 blocks that have ...

Japan: MOL Logistics, part of major Japanese shipping line, Mitsui OSK Lines, has formed PT MOL Logistics Warehouse, a wholly owned subsidiary, in Jakarta. “The company will… apply the dedicated ...

Manila: In a brief pullback, authorities in Manila have allowed trucks to resume trips down Roxas Boulevard, one of the capital’s main thoroughfares. However, the respite will only last a few days.

Singapore: Pacific Radiance’s new offshore support vessel (OSV) has won a five-year contract worth more than $70m with a repeat client. The OSV will be mobilised to southeast Asia under the contract, ...

Piracy around the Malacca Straits is very much back in the news, with the United Nations saying the region has now surpassed West and East Africa to become the global hotspot for piracy. In particular ...

Singapore: Offshore shipbuilder and operator Otto Marine announce that it has secured time charter contracts for deep water anchor handlers, GO Sirius and Go Spcia, with two oil majors worth AUD57m.

Singapore: Three incidents of robbery were reported onboard two bulk carriers and a barge yesterday and today, all in the same area, according to a release from the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre.

Kuala Lumpur: Oil and gas exploration and production firm M3nergy has set its sights on oil fields in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Gulf of Mexico for expansion. “We are looking at opportunities in ...

Singapore: Star Borealis, a subsidiary of Star Bulk Carriers, has sold the rights to its adjudication claim for damages from Singapore-listed Pan Ocean to an unnamed third party. Star Borealis filed a ...

Shanghai: China has signed an agreement with Malaysia to establish a sister port partnership between two major shipping cities. Under the agreement, China’s Qinzhou Port has become a sister port of ...

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