UECC has ordered its second pair of dual-fuel LNG PCTC vessels based on their positive experience with the first two, in operation now for nearly four years. The new twins will add battery hybrid technology to the already eco-friendly desig

1.China State Shipbuilding Corp. has raised 5 billion yuan ($718.2 million) by selling so-called coronavirus bonds to replenish working-capital facilities that were severely depleted by the coronavirus outbreak. 2.The International Chamber

The Thome Group is delighted to announce that it has won the Green4Sea Dry Bulk Operator Award, which was announced during a ceremony at the Yacht Club of Greece on 3rd March 2020. The win recognised that the Thome Group was a ship operator

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued brand new guidance for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The comprehensive 22-page document has been produced in collaboration with p

China State Shipbuilding Corp. has raised 5 billion yuan ($718.2 million) by selling so-called coronavirus bonds to replenish working-capital facilities that were severely depleted by the coronavirus outbreak. The shipbuilder is the latest

The worlds largest port in terms of cargo throughput in the past decade, Ningbo-Zhoushan, has mapped out a significant expansion to its far flung set of container terminals. The port, which handled 1.12 billion tonnes of cargo last year, a

Russia has ordered the mandatorydisinfection of ships arriving at the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka from Iran, Italy and South Korea because of the coronavirus, a document seen by Reuters showed. A branch of Rospot

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index posted its biggest percentage jump in eight months on Thursday boosted by stronger rates across vessel segments. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels tha

Shares of U.S. cruise operators sunk on Thursday after the Grand Princess ocean liner, owned by Carnival Corp, was barred from returning to its home portof San Francisco on coronavirus fears after at least 20 people aboard fell ill. Shares

Taiwans CPC Corporation (CPC) said it has received the countrys first delivery of carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas at the Yung-An LNG receiving terminal. CPC said in its statement that the cargo was sourced at the Sakhalin 2 LNG facilit

The Tianjin Port Group realized throughput of 1.365 million standard containers in January, up 7.5 percent year-on-year, with the growth rate ranking the first in the countrys coastal ports in the period. The port on the coast of the Bohai

On March 4th, with the completion of the transfer of 79,000 tons ofcrude oil fromBPsship San Ramon to the transit ship Surgut,the maiden voyage of Shandong Port foreign trade crude oil international transit was successfully launched.It mark

1.Another Princess Cruise Ship Grand Princess carrying more than 2500 passengers is caught up in coronabirus outbreak. 2.Chinese buyers have been allowed to apply for import tariff exemptions for US coking coal starting March 2. 3.Taiwans r

A San Francisco-based cruise ship carrying more than 3,000 people is being held off the California coast as officials begin testing passengers for coronavirus after learning that two former passengers of the ship tested positive for COVID-1

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, one of the largest ship management companies in the world, has completed the successful roll-out of Navigator Port to their fleet of 650 vessels. Navigator Port software is used daily onboard several thousand