Asia

Malaysia’s Labuan Port Authority (LPA) has expressed its willingness to be investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over allegations of conspiracy in the tender of its containerised port Labuan Liberty Wharf, reports said.

China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding received a contract for two 5,400 dwt bulk container vessels from P&O Maritime, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DP World.

CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding announced it has inked contract with Petronas for the construction of two LNG carriers.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) looks set to receive approximately $320m in claims from Pacific Drilling over a cancelled drillship order, following an arbitration decision in favour of the South Korean shipbuilder.

Xingsheng port, located in Chongqing, southwest China, has started the trial operations.

Shanghai port recorded 43.3m teu in container volumes in 2019, ranking it as the world’s busiest container port for the 10th year.

Singapore shipyard group Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered its first rig newbuilding of the year to Borr Drilling.

China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port recorded 1.12bn tonnes of cargo throughput last year, ranking it as the world’s busiest port for eleven consecutive years.

Once the world’s largest container port Hong Kong volumes continued to decline last year by 6.3% to 18.36m teu.

ReCAAP has called for increased patrols in the Singapore Strait after armed robbery attacks spiked to a four year high the busy shipping lane in 2019.