Shipping & Marine

Sembcorp profits up 63% on more rig building projects

Yet Group's 2009 4Q turnover slid by 17% due to timing of revenue recognition.

Sembcorp profits up 63% on more rig building projects

Yet Group's 2009 4Q turnover slid by 17% due to timing of revenue recognition.

Sembawang Shipyard secures S$130mln contracts

Sembawang Shipyard, Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, renewed its long-term contract with Eitzen Group and won others worth S$130mln.

Neptune Orient Lines runs aground as losses approach $1bln

It may be time to abandon ship as NOL lost almost $1billion and analysts see no signs of profits on the horizon as the sharks circle.

Neptune Orient says losses in first half 'quite likely'

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd said it may be unprofitable in the first half because of concerns about the sustainability of a pick-up in demand.

Keppel seals S$140M shipbuilding contracts

Keppel Singmarine, the specialised shipbuilding arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has secured three newbuilding contracts amounting to about S$140...

Keppel T&T's profits slump on poor investments

Keppel’s telecommunications and transportation arm attributed the 13.3 percent drop to poor investments and costs from restructuring.

Vessels arrive empty at Singapore port

Vessel arrivals in 2009 may have risen by 10.1 per cent increase from 2008, but these vessels are coming in increasingly emptier.

Singapore orders ships to clean up their act

By March this year, all ships registered with Singapore and entering into Singapore will be banned from using harmful anti-fouling paints on their...

Glencore targets Singapore for expansion

Glencore International AG will expand its trading operations in Singapore by buying more than half of Chemoil Energy Ltd.

Shipping firms get that sinking feeling

Shipping firms must be getting used to that sinking feeling. But it seems that for freight rates at least the market has bottomed and prices have...

Shipping firms feel seasick

With Singapore’s economy recovering one would have thought that its shipping companies would have been sailing into calmer waters. Not so, as the...

Empty vessels don't make waves

With the shipping industry in the doldrums, we speak to Raymon Krishnan, President of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society and Alex Schulz...