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Business

Malaysia Launches Maharani Freeport; Ambitiously Targets Global Oil Trade

Linh Nguyen - December 1, 2025

MUAR, Malaysia | November 29, 2025 — Maharani Freeport, Malaysia’s first duty-exempted energy freeport, was officially inaugurated on November 29, 2025, by His Majesty...

Malaysia

Singapore Strait Boardings Fall After Crackdown but New Risks Emerge

Alexa Laguna - December 1, 2025

Direct Engagement with IMP Boosts Law Enforcement. CCTV Evidence Leads to Arrests of Two Criminal Gangs. Enhanced Patrols Drive Sharp Decline in Incidents. From 2019 to 2024,...

Australia

IMO picks Council members but Net Zero Framework hiatus raises red flag for potential fragmentation of shipping decarbonization

Linh Nguyen - December 1, 2025

The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating and improving international shipping, has elected...

Australia

The International Maritime Organization renews the composition of the council

Akira Nakamura - December 1, 2025

States elected to be part of the three traditional categories divided based on presence and importance in maritime services and trade. Italy in group...

Market

SeaLead Revamps 5CX Service, Strengthening Far East-Mediterranean Connection via Suez Canal

Zhang Weili - December 1, 2025

SeaLead, a fast-growing global shipping line, has announced the revamp of its Five Seas Express (5CX) service with a new routing structure. The newly...

Malaysia

Petron Malaysia halts refinery operations after jetty collapse during storm

Malik Johnson - December 1, 2025

Petron Malaysia Refining and Marketing has announced the temporary suspension of operations at its Port Dickson refinery following structural damage to its product jetty....

Business

PETRONAS and Eni sign investment agreement to establish regional energy partnership

Linh Nguyen - December 1, 2025

PETRONAS and Eni, through their respective subsidiaries, signed an Investment Agreement to establish a regional upstream joint venture company. This milestone marks a major...

Australia

Russia fails to win back seat on IMO’s top table

Priya Anika Rajan - December 1, 2025

Russia failed on Friday to secure a seat on the IMO Council despite urging countries to back its nomination for a seat it lost...

India

Indonesia palm oil shipments deferred to December in expectation of export tax cut

Malik Johnson - December 1, 2025

Indonesian suppliers have deferred at least 310,000 metric tons of palm oil shipments from November to December, betting that a recent price slide could...

Energy

Maersk Inaugurates Largest Asia Pacific Warehouse in Malaysia

Linh Nguyen - November 30, 2025

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has officially opened its largest contract logistics facility in Asia Pacific, the Maersk Mega Distribution Centre (DC) in Malaysia....

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