Singapore has broken ground on Tuas Port, which at 65m teu when fully completed is expected to be the largest fully automated terminal in the world.

A high-level delegation from Singapore, led by Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Health visited Panama, meeting for the first time with officials of Panama’s new government.

The use of LNG as a marine fuel for ships still has a long way to go before it can be commercially applied on a considerable scale globally, amid the shipping industry’s heightening interest in developing this clean fuel market.

Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, is on track to commence deliveries of compliant marine fuels from 2020 as homegrown Sinanju Tankers launches its first LNG-powered bunker tanker with a christening ceremony on Wednesday.

Singapore tested out its response to a ferry accident on Friday in an exercise involving both a collision and a medical evacuation.

The number of major incidents in Singapore waters continued to fall last year, continuing a trend seen over the last decade.

PSA Marine in Singapore has deployed its first dual-fuel LNG powered harbour tug.

Singapore-based Sinanju Tankers Holdings, via its logistics services arm, has sealed a two-year time charter agreement with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific for a newbuild dual-fuel bunker tanker, five months ahead of commencing operations.

Frank Tsao Wen-king, founder of IMC Group, has passed away on Monday in Singapore.

The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) has updated that more than SGD2.3m ($1.7m) in maritime scholarships were awarded to 59 students at a MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony held in Singapore on Thursday.