Asia News

The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore and Malaysian shipping company MISC have signed a three-year agreement focused on the integration of digital technologies into maritime operations, through data sharing and cybersecurity innovations.

Electricity conglomerate CLP Group and China National Offshore Oil Company Guangdong Water Transport Clean Energy Company Limited (CNOOC) have signed a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture to provide LNG bunkering services in the Port of Hong Kong.

HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) has secured a $429 million deal with an undisclosed European shipowner to build four 7,900 TEU scrubber-equipped, methanol-ready containerships.

CHIMBUSCO Jiangsu completed its first onshore methanol bunker supply operation on Saturday (30 November), delivering 79.5 tonnes of fuel to the dual-fuelled 1,300 TEU container ship NCL VESTLAND at Sanfu Shipbuilding yard in Taizhou, China.

Ascenz Marorka, GTT Group’s digital solutions business, has chosen Singapore as the location for its second Real-Time Fleet Performance Monitoring Centre.

NYK’s new dual-fuelled LNG carrier Quest Kirishima was delivered today (2 December) at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Geoje shipyard in South Korea.

LNG-fuelled car carrier Pontus Highway was delivered yesterday (28 November) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line).

Maersk unveiled its newest dual-fuel methanol container vessel, A.P. Møller, at a naming ceremony in Singapore today (28 November), celebrating the start of the vessel’s maiden voyage from Asia to Europe.

Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has refuelled Maersk’s dual-fuel vessel Antonia Maersk, marking the port’s first ever ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation.

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low sulphur marine gasoil (LSMGO) prices decreased week-on-week at the Port of Singapore, according to Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) data.