MPA clamp down on erring bunker supplier:
Is it the worlds most corrupt bunkering port?
Long history of people not happy to refuel in Singapore.
Plus the piracy all managed locally.
A product tanker rounds singapore, never gets attacked, arriving or departing they get robbed.
in my experience at least in the top 2 or 3 when it comes to transiting vessels.
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The only locals they rob are the refinerys…lol
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The CPIB is doggedly following the Brasil corruption case, even after the merger and name change:
I dont understand why they are investigating, where is the pressure coming from?
Unless its the old we need to find a scapegoat to make the bigger story go away…
Somebody close to retirement will get a nice payoff and 1 day in prison, a common MO.
More details in Straits Times today:
Hopefully it will teach them a lesson to not be so cocky and do a bank transfers but put cash on a plane and fly it over so nobody will know.
The Singapore way:
Sure but they still dont want to tell the public what really happened with the Carwash Brazil issue.
Perception and reality are 2 different things
No convictions…lol
Seems like nobody asking why the fine was so big for a small bribe ( that the contract paid for anyway)
It was all good for business, thats what counts.
I don’t know what is said by the oracles at the round table in the Marina, but here is the story as told by TOC:
What, who is TOC?:
$422 mil fine for $55 bribe…hmmmm
$55 bribe?
Hmmm…that MAY get you out trouble for a traffic violation in Brazil.
Long serving S’pore Ambassador in Washington DC is retiring:
Sorry, behind paywall. Long article.
Best time to meet them at the bar in the marina is after they retire.
Not a very long history, but well worth a visit:
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Singapore Maritime Hub?:
Go east young man:
Its just getting too expensive to bring people here these days.
When finance and law firms are shipping people out what chance do other industries have.
The economy hasnt recovered from the oil n gas crash where most left and that was tens of thousands of well paid people.
“Thanks to inflation, Singapore has gone from a high-cost place in which to run a business, to an excessively expensive place,” says Bjorn Hojgaard, CEO of Anglo-Eastern"
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/singapore-exports-fall-again-nov-146-drop-more-expected
Could it be caused by external causes?: