“Singapore-flagged vessels reported 31 scrubber malfunctions as of the end of February 2020.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

“Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) said its Manila and Batangas gateway ports are operating at optimum level and continue to facilitate the flow of goods amid the Luzon-wide lockdown.” See the original story at Philstar Global. Source: Philstar Global (JK)

“Twenty members of the Port Authorities Roundtable from Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America...

“Asian Terminals Inc. said its Manila and Batangas ports are operating at optimum level, facilitatin...

“The world’s largest ship refuelling hub – Singapore – has given to new bunker supplier licenses as...

“At the end of 2019, Saigon Port JSC ordered another eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their operations at Tan Thuan Port in southern Vietnam.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

“The Port of Singapore throughput in January-March 2020 has slightly declined, year-on-year, to 151.78 million tonnes, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore provisional figures show.” See the original story at Port News. Source: Port News (JK)

“Due to the effect of the Covid-19, many ports are congested. In particular there are no more reefer plugs available in Manila port. MSC has been requested not to discharge reefers containers.” See the original story at AJOT. Source: AJOT (JK)

“The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Malaysia, has reported an all-time move record for the exchange of containers at the port.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

“Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) general manager Jay Daniel Santiago warned of a possible port shut...

“Indonesia’s Kuala Tanjung Port in North Sumatra has made its first trade in the global container sh...

“Singapore is to allow crew changes under “special circumstances” recognising seafarers play a critical role in the global supply chain.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

“Amid protocols in place to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), it’s still business as usual for Cebu ports.” See the original story at Hellenic Shipping News. Source: Hellenic Shipping News (JK)

“Despite the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the key Chinese container shipping market the S...

“The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has extended precautionary measures to minimize...

“Cambodia is going to build a new multi-purpose deep-sea port alongside the Sihanoukville Autonomous...

“Westports Holdings Bhd wholly-owned subsidiary, Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd has entered into a condi...

“The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Asia’s most technologically advanced port, has deployed Portchain’s Berth Optimization Engine as part of its digitization journey.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

“Cargo throughput at the Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) rose by a quarter in 2019 to 310,000 twen...

“Container volumes at Thailand’s Laem Chabang port remained flat last year, despite a big uptick in US-bound cargo.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

“The Port of Singapore’s container throughput in 2019 hit an all-time high of 37.2 million TEUs, ami...

“Xingsheng port, located in Chongqing, southwest China, has started the trial operations.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

“Today the Times of Oman revealed that the Port of Salalah has joined the TradeLens shipping blockch...

“The fire that broke out on the COSCO Pacific was caused by the spontaneous combustion of a lithium ion battery, according to widely reported update from the Chinese carrier.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

“The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has begun a feasibility study to develop another container ter...

“Vietnamese ports handled 14 percent more cargo than they did last year, but just 24 percent of it was transported by Vietnamese ships.” See the original story at VN Express International. Source: VN Express Internationals (JK)

“Pavilion Energy Singapore and Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) have signed a ten-year fu...

“Vietnam’s Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), a joint venture between Vinalines, Saigon Port and...

“Port Klang registered a growth of 10.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) for January to November 2019 in contai...

“Global shipping giant Maersk has opened its latest logistics and distribution center to cope with g...

“The Subic subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is ready to accommod...

“JOHOR Port Bhd, a member of MMC Corp Bhd, handled a record container volume of one million twenty-f...

“The Port of Singapore has reported an 8.4% year-on-year growth for November’s container throughput,...

“Officials from the Port of Los Angeles and Indonesia Port Corporation PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero) have signed an MOU to cooperate and share information.” See the original story at The Maritime Executive. Source: The Maritime Executive (JK)

“Malaysia-based port, engineering and property giant MMC (BM: 2194) shrugged off the trade war and e...

“Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) is appointing Horace Lo as group managing director as Peter Levesque leaves the Hong Kong company to join Ports America.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

“A 30-year shipping industry veteran who heads up Modern Terminals in the Port of Hong Kong will become president of Ports America in February.” To learn more, see the original story at JOC. Source: JOC (JK)

“The Malaysian government wants to gradually expand Port of Tanjung Pelepas’ (PTP) capacity by 2030....

“The China Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI), a wind vane of China’s busiest port’s freight...

“Responding to rapidly growing eastbound volumes from Southeast Asia amid the ongoing United States-...

“Port management company International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has submitted its proposa...

“Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) expects no cargo flow bottlenecks for this December holiday season after expanding its gateway ports in Manila and Batangas.” See the original story at Manila Bulletin. Source: Manila Bulletin (JK)

“USTAINED by the robust growth of international cargo in its Manila and Batangas ports, Asian Termin...

“The 23,656 teu MSC Isabella became the largest containership to call the Port of Singapore when it berthed at the weekend.” To learn more, see the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

“Singapore has decided to extend for another five years a key initiative that seeks to reduce the environmental impact of shipping and promote clean shipping practices.” See the original story at World Maritime News. Source: World Maritime News (JK)

“The Port of Gdansk, the biggest port in Poland, is to spearhead a high-level maritime and business...

“A sunken vessel in one of Vietnam’s main waterways may impact ocean freight out of one of the United States’ fastest-growing trade partners.” See the original story at Freight Waves. Source: Freight Waves (JK)

“The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker craft operator licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum, effective from 15 October.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)