All 11 crew were rescued from a Vietnamese general cargo vessel that sank in Southeast Asian waters on 10 March.

Japan, China and Greece continue to dominate shipowning nations both in fleet size and fleet value according to Veson Nautical’s VesselsValues.

Singapore has welcomed the delivery of its first methanol bunkering vessel, marking its commitment to serve as a living lab for bunkering alternative fuels.

The South Chinese port operator, Fujian Provincial Port Group, is opening up its first overseas office in Singapore.

Singapore’s container port, the world’s second largest has returned to growth in 2021, and the city state is continuing to attract new companies to set up operations despite the pandemic.

Some 1.9m teu in capacity caught up in the closure of the Suez Canal is starting to swamp major container ports around the globe.

Singapore’s first LNG bunker tanker has become commercially operational on Tuesday and is ready to supply LNG as a marine fuel.