Manila: In a brief pullback, authorities in Manila have allowed trucks to resume trips down Roxas Boulevard, one of the capital’s main thoroughfares. However, the respite will only last a few days.

Singapore: Singapore’s top shipping line, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), suffered the ignominy yesterday of announcing it has ...

Manila: Moves are afoot for the Philippines to follow Indonesia’s lead and ban mineral ore exports. The environment secretary ...

Kuala Lumpur: There’s been plenty of trading of shares in Tanjung Offshore Bhd today in Kuala Lumpur after the company announced its proposed acquisition of marine offshore business from Singaporean ...

Singapore: Bibby Ship Management and Singapore-based United Ship Management have formed Bibby-USM Shipping, a joint venture (JV) that will target the Chinese shipping market.

Manila: Harbor Star Shipping Services, a Philippine provider of harbour assistance, lighterage, salvage and towing services, is expanding overseas beginning with a bid to serve two ports in Johor, ...

Singapore: Three incidents of robbery were reported onboard two bulk carriers and a barge yesterday and today, all in the same area, according to a release from the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre.

Calls to cut income tax have been made, while also demanding that crews be provided food onboard free of charge; currently they have to contribute 30% of the food bill. Also, to bring the nation’s ...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s UMW Oil & Gas has inked a $20m rig contract with Frontier Oil Corp, which will use the former's UMW Naga 7 jack-up rig for its drilling operations in Calauit field, the ...

Hanoi: Vietcombank has sold off the $19m debt of Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to Vietnam Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC). Vinalines borrowed the loan from Vietcombank for a ...

Kuala Lumpur: Authorities in Malaysia continue to comb through the rough seas off Lahad Datu on the east coast of Sabah in the seemingly increasingly vain attempt to find and rescue six crewmembers of ...

Hanoi: A Taiwanese steel mill is seeking permission from Hanoi to establish a wholly owned shipping fleet in Vietnam. Formosa Iron and Steel has invested in two huge blast furnaces and will soon be ...