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Singapore residents will be able to clear immigration at selected automated lanes at Changi Airport Terminal 3 from Aug. 5, 2024 by using their facial and iris biometrics without presenting their passports. This is part of a trial for the new passport-less clearance...

SHAH ALAM: A top tier civil servant was charged at the Sessions Court here Thursday (Aug 1) for deceiving his then superior into issuing some documentation four years ago. Current Marine Department director-general Capt Mohamad Halim Ahmed was accused of tricking his...

KUCHING (July 25): The Sarawak Shipping Association (SSA) claims local shippers may face a workforce shortage after the Sarawak Immigration Department stopped issuing letters of guarantee (LG) for recruiting foreign seafarers to serve tug and barge (T&B) operators...

Maritime transport serves as the bedrock of international trade and, by extension, the global economy. As per the International Chamber of Shipping, the international shipping industry is accountable for transporting approximately 90 per cent of global trade....

Shipowner Hafnia, operator of the Hafnia Nile oil tanker, is in discussion with Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) about transferring the damaged ship’s cargo of naphtha to a safe location, the MPA said on Wednesday. The Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile and...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Malaysia’s new national shipping policy must not only encourage the development of a robust domestic fleet to reduce dependency on foreign vessels but also provide more funding to modernise and accelerate the transition to green shipping. They...

KOTA KINABALU: Cargo vessel congestion at the port has here been eased with the Roll on Roll Off (RORO) ships operations relocated from Sepanggar Port.State Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe said this immediate short-term...

KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has urged the public to assist the police to locate the six-year-old girl who has been reported missing since Saturday in Taman Botani. In a posting via Facebook, he also urged those with information on the girl...

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s coast guard said on July 21 that it had located and intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a fiery collision with another vessel on July 19, about 55km north-east of the Singapore island of Pedra Branca. The coast guard...

KOTA KINABALU (July 17): Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd (SPSB) affirmed its commitment to improve productivity, particularly container handling rate and will reestablish its window berthing system to better manage vessel arrivals. SPSB will further implement effective planning...