Singapore authorities are continuing to battle a 4,500 tonne oil spill from a collision between a tanker and bulker on 2 January but the slick has not headed to the shores of Indonesian resort island Bintan as had been feared.

A tanker and a bulker carrier have collided in Singapore waters about 11 nm northeast of Pedra Branca resulting in an oil spill.

The port of Singapore saw container box volumes rose in October over the year-ago period, according to preliminary estimates from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has cancelled the bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licences of Northwest Resources, following a jail sentence for the company’s director for corruption.

Global marine fuels trader OW Bunker has delivered “significant time savings” with the use of the mass flow meters during bunkering operations in the port of Singapore.

Container throughput in the port of Singapore remained unchanged in July on a year-on-year comparison, according to preliminary estimates by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a Safety@Sea Singapore campaign on Thursday to raise awareness of safe practices and inculcate a safety-first culture at sea.

Classification society ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote maritime R&D and innovations such as LNG bunkering.

Three crew members died when a semi-submersible barge owned by PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) sank off Indonesia on Friday.

A collaboration of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), BW Ventures and Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) has performed a first environmental-friendly hull cleaning test trial at a Singapore port terminal last Friday.