European shipowners welcome EU-Singapore trade agreement

European shipowners are pleased with the signature of the EU-Singapore trade agreement, as it represents EU and Singapore’s ‘commitment to free, fair and rules-based trade at a time that protectionism is on the rise’.

The EU and Singapore agreement was signed during last week’s Asia-Europe summit and contains the liberalisation principles of international maritime transport services.

The EU-Singapore trade and investment agreements are the first trade and investment agreements signed between the...

https://safety4sea.com/european-shipowners-welcome-eu-singapore-trade-agreement/

Port of Gdansk visits Singapore

Singapore is one of the strongest economies in Asia and its seaport ranks among the very top ports in the world. Maritime cooperation between Singapore and Poland was the topic of a number of meetings attended by representatives of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA.

A delegation from the ports in Gdansk and Gdynia accompanied a government visit led by Marek Grobarczyk, Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation. At the same time, the “Dar Mlodziezy” sailing ship, currently circumnavigating...

http://container-news.com/port-gdansk-visits-singapore/

IBBC ‘extremely concerned’ over recent fuel contamination

The Institute of Bunker Buyers and Consumers (IBBC) is still ‘extremely concerned’ about the outbreak of contaminated fuel, which originated in the US earlier this year, and then spread further to Panama Canal, Singapore and the far East.

As IBBC said, many operators have been affected, and the incidences have caused serious problems and difficult challenges to find solutions. They also led to significant cost in many cases.

We call upon suppliers to above all remain constructive and work...

https://safety4sea.com/ibbc-extremely-concerned-over-recent-fuel-contamination/

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