MR Tanker Arrested in Singapore
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday March 11, 2021 An MR tanker was arrested in Singapore at the end of last week. The
37,800 DWT vessel the
Banyan Pride was arrested on Sunday night at 10:49 PM local time and is being held at Singapore s Eastern special purpose anchorage, according to information from the country s
Supreme Court.
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to shipping intelligence service
VesselsValue. The ship is flagged to the
Marshall Islands, and VesselsValue lists its commercial controller as Singapore-based
TXZ Tankers. The reasons for the arrest of the ship are unknown, but are likely to involve disputes over payments for goods and services.
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AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of a+ of QBE Europe nv/sa (Belgium), QBE UK Limited (United Kingdom), and the pooled members of QBE North America Insurance Group (see list below). The outlook of the Long-Term ICR has been revised to negative from stable, while the outlook of the FSR is stable. These companies are key operating subsidiaries of QBE Insurance Group Limited (QBE) (Australia), the non-operating holding company of the QBE group of companies.
In addition, AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the Long-Term ICR of bbb+ of QBE, which AM Best has concurrently withdrawn at the company s request.
Every March and November, my inbox floods with emails from folks asking how to ease into the time change and, as a sleep specialist, itâs my job to reassure them. Generally, I find âspringing forwardâ is easier than falling back for two reasons: 1) We are waking up an hour later for this time change instead of an hour earlier in the fall. 2) We get more evening light to enjoy after school and work.
However, there are challenges with the onset of daylight saving time, as with any time change. The clocks may simply shift forward, but your âbody clockâ will not. Your biological rhythm of hormone release that determines when you feel sleepy and when you feel alert, syncs with the natural 24-hour cycle of day and night. Your bodyâs natural intelligence is quite adaptable to seasonal shifts in light but it responds much slower to changes than the hands of a clock. Essentially, itâs like the entire country waking up with an hour of jet lag Sunday morning.
Mortgage Business
New SME Recovery Loan Scheme welcomed By Annie Kane 12 March 2021
Lenders have welcomed the government’s new SME Recovery Loan Scheme for businesses receiving JobKeeper, citing it as a “thoughtful extension” to the hardest-hit businesses.
On Thursday (11 March), the Prime Minister and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg unveiled a new $1.2 billion support package to help small businesses recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The package, which largely targets airlines, hotels and caravan parks, restaurants and bars, travel agents and tourism operators, includes an expansion and extension of the Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme.
The new SME Recovery Loan Scheme is specifically targeted at SMES that received the JobKeeper payment between 4 January 2021 and 28 March 2021.