Sea Asia 2017, the region’s anchor maritime exhibition and leading forum for analysis and debate on key issues facing the industry, is gearing up to host more than 16,000 people from over 80 countries this 25-27 April in Singapore.
The port of Singapore has recorded improved container throughput in January compared to the same month of last year, according to preliminary estimates from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and classification society DNV GL have renewed and expanded on the scope a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on promoting R&D and innovation in the maritime industry.
A Singapore court has fined local firm New Ocean Maritime for providing bunkering delivery services in the port of Singapore without possessing a valid bunker craft operator licence, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
Container throughput at the port of Singapore has come up to 30.9m teu in 2016, similar to 2015 amid challenges of poor global economic conditions and lower trade volumes.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued bunker survey licences to 51 companies, following the port authority’s new licensing requirements starting 1 January 2017.
Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, will enforce the use of mass flow meters (MFM) for bunkering operations from 1 January 2017, making it the first port in the world to mandate the use of such fuel measuring device.