Bunker investigation shows steep competition in Singapore

Small, independent bunker suppliers are undercutting the Singapore ship fuel sales market to an unprecedented degree, Seatrade Asia Week reports exclusively today. Elsewhere in the regional newspaper are reports from Bali at this week's Coaltrans event. Coal shipments in Asia are set to grow in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan, delegates were told. Also Indonesia-related Seatrade Asia Week ponders the ramifications for the livestock carrier segment following Australia's decision to halt shipments to the archipelago.