An ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project (JDP) based in Singapore has welcomed two new partners – the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Yara International.

Singapore has crossed the 100,000 mark for crew change carried out at the port during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Singapore has conducted a one-time Covid-19 test of 825 crew onboard 98 harbour craft with all the results returning negative, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as its new managing director of Asia region, working out of the Singapore office.

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and the Baltic Exchange Asia have agreed to deepen their collaboration on cross-promotion of events for the maritime and shipping industry.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) announced that the company’s Southeast Asia subsidiary has won an order for 50 sets of tractors for natural gas terminals in Singapore port.

A joint study is underway in Singapore to explore the potential for ammonia to be used as a marine fuel.

Singapore has retained its position as the world’s second busiest container port and the number one bunkering port in 2020, as well as facilitated crew change for more than 80,000 seafarers, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Singapore has announced the prohibition of crew change for crew with recent travel history to the UK and South Africa, amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has delivered Singapore’s first LNG bunker tanker to LNG bunker supplier FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel O&M and Shell Eastern Petroleum.