The currents in Singapore can be so strong that divers cleaning fouling from a ship’s hull can feel like they are swimming in a river ... This allows ship owners to monitor hulls on a daily basis.
New Zealand port cleaning restrictions and the lack of a dry dock in Australasia (the closest is in Singapore) mean the only way to clean a ship here is through using a dive team at sea outside the 12-nautical-mile limit.
That Arabian Sea route would be much shorter than the current shipping lanes, which depart the Middle East and route south around India, and then through the Malacca Strait, which is monitored by US-backed Singapore.
... fair carbon prices for heavy fuels used in traditional shipping ... Fortescue Shipping owns a fleet of eight conventionally powered Singapore-flagged very large ore carries (VLOCs) and the GreenPioneer.
The Malaysian authorities published a photo of the vessel but obscured the name of the ship and did not release the details ... The ship, built in 2007, has been owned by MSC since 2021, when it was acquired from Bernhard Schulte.
Singapore’s advantage in shipping distance has not translated into lower costs for Indonesia. Indonesia’s reliance on Singapore for refined fuel has been long-standing ... Singapore, despite ...
“We first started delivering cargo to ships in Singapore in 2021 ... “This is our first US maritime delivery operation, and we’ll be looking to replicate the success from Singapore and Michigan to other ports around the country.
Chu LaiPort has just hosted the first cargo ship, ChanaBhum (with Singapore nationality), under the RCL, which was carrying 800 containers of spare parts and materials for textile and garments from India.
"All our sales representatives are now busy with shipping and have no time to count the order volume," he said ... The surge in orders from the rest of the world has also promoted the growth of the shipping and logistics industries.
A few weeks ago, the ultra-large container ship MSC Diletta docked at Ghana’s TemaPort to much fanfare ... “We have deployed eight cranes on board this ship alone ... A major source of frustration was the dollarisation of shipping fees ... Green shipping.
... ship Cuauhtémoc before it hit the Brooklyn bridge ... The MV Dali, a Singapore-flagged container ship, suffered a complete blackout and lost propulsion at 1.24 a.m., leading to a loss of steering control.