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There was an oil spill off Changi to the northeast of Singapore on 28 October during in a bunkering operation with a container ship.
The Singapore authorities are standing down the response to a bunker spill earlier in the week.
The dry bulk market has suffered an unseasonal slump during October with Capesize rates down by 50%, but it could now be time for reversal in fortunes.
AP Moller – Maersk is continuing its quest for enough green fuels to power its future fleet with a bio-methanol offtake agreement with Chinese producer LONGi Green Energy Technology.
Talks between ports in British Columbia and the foreman’s union have failed to reach agreement and a strike called from 4 November.
Container terminal operators in British Columbia have called a “defensive lockout” from 4 November following a strike notice by dockworkers.
Canadian West Coast ports employers are shutting down all container operations in a lockout impacting $800 million in trade daily.
The 23,660 teu Hamburg Express is the largest container ship to ever sail under the German-flag and equipped with LNG dual-fuel engines.
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has returned to Hudong-Zhonghua for five additional 9,000 teu box ship newbuildings.
Ships are starting to wait outside ports on the West Coast of Canada as a lockout enters its second day.
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