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Sembawang Shipyard selected by HNA Tourism
Singapore: HNA Tourism, an affiliate of transport giant HNA Group, is making final decisions on the configuration of the Pacific Sun, which it has bought from P&O; Cruises. ...
Full details of cruise poll released
Singapore: Full details of our online China cruise survey are available from today. The poll, timed to coincide with the opening day of the UBM-organised Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific held in Singapore, shows that both the Chinese and international cr...
Court greenlights aframax sale
Singapore: An aframax owned by UAE-based energy trader, FAL Oil, is set to be sold in Singapore this week. FAL Oil is under US financial restrictions for links to Iran and owes DVB Bank $57.6m. Local firm Horizon Energy is likely to buy the arrested ...
MBC offloads property
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Bulk Carriers (MBC) has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Awanapuri Sdn Bhd, is disposing of industrial land in Klang, Selangor to three parties for a total of RM18.390m. ...
Progress on New Priok Port
Jakarta: State-controlled port operator Pelahuban Indonesia II has appointed local construction company Pembangunan Perumahan to carry out Rp8.2trn ($857m) worth of construction works at New Priok Port in Kalibaru, North Jakarta....
Vinalines booted out from Van Phong port project
Ho Chi Minh City: The government has decided to halt Vinalines’ Van Phong International Transshipment Port project in central Khanh Hoa Province after three years of delay....
Foschi to spearhead Carnival Asia from Singapore
Singapore: Pier Luigi Foschi, who retired in July as CEO of Costa Cruises, has taken up a new posting looking after Carnival Corp's strategy in the Asia market. ...
Bunkering pair exit Singapore
Singapore: Bunker fuel suppliers Bakri Trading Co (Asia) and Ocean Energy Bunkering will not be renewing their licenses to sell bunker fuel with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, meaning there are now 75 bunker suppliers in the Lion Repub...
Boost for Indonesian box exports
Jakarta: The world’s first guaranteed shipping services for containerised ocean trade are expanding to Indonesia. ...
Ideocean launches maritime consulting group
Singapore: Ideocean launched today as a management consulting and strategic advisory group focusing on the maritime, offshore, cruise, ports, logistics and marine infrastructure markets. ...