In the full year of 2020, global container shipping volumes fell by 1.2% compared with 2019, much less than feared even before the pandemic was first declared, and much recovered compared with the 6.8% drop recorded in the first six months

On February 8, Ministry of Transport issued an announcement on suspending the implementation of foreign crew shifts on some ships in China. According to the announcement, during the quarantine process of domestic ports, it was discovered th

A massive line-up of containers at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, South Chinas Guangdong Province, has reached its limits and led to serious congestion there. The port, which handles one-third of Guangdongs foreign trade shipments and one-quarte

The Haixun 06 patrol ship is launched at a shipbuilding base in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Monday. It will be the largest patrol ship in the Taiwan Straits when it is put to use. Construction of what will become the largest patrol ship in th

- Humanitarian crisis averted as MSC arranges relief for seafarers stuck off Chinas coast since September - Bulk carrier ANASTASIAs crew to disembark on 10 February in Japan, before ship resumes service - MSC will continue to monitor seafar

Together with a number of member states and international organisations, BIMCO has proposed that the IMO should reconsider the direction, in which the amendment of MARPOL Annex IV has taken concerning existing ships. BIMCO has participated

There are as many, and more, upside economic consequences of a great safety culture as negative financial consequences of poor safety practices. Its quite obvious which side shipping companies should be on, and our mission is to help them,

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is proud to share that the first activation of an Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) terminal was completed by partner Applied Satellite Technology Limited (AST), shortly fo

Getting it right in the design phase is critical to the performance of boat-handling equipment and cutting corners can prove costly The efficiency of a davit is determined by the sum of its moving parts and a failure of any one of these com

On February 5, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Winterthur Gas Diesel Ltd. (WinGD), a main engine research and development enterprise. The two sides will establish closer comprehensive coo

The freight rate of most routes was stable, and the composite index drops slightly Ningbo Containerized Freight Index: In the week ending Feb-5, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE) quotes 2369

A year after the Morrison government decided to further sour China-Australia ties by calling for a weapons inspector-style investigation into the COVID-19s origins while China was in the midst of containing the novel coronavirus, Chinese po

Crude oil flows from Malaysia to independent refiners in China witnessed a dramatic surge of more than 70% year on year in January, helping the Asian supplier to displace Brazil from the second spot, while Russia held on to the crown as the

Chinas index of export container transport went up 27.8 percent month on month in January, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) stood at 1,906.13 last month, according to the exch

Chinese exporters suffer from extreme shortage and rising costs of shipping containers, which strand in America and Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. East Chinas Yiwu, also known as Chinas commodity-exporting hub, bore the brunt when con