The Chinese authorities have caught four vessels for low sulphur fuel violations, the first reported cases of breaches of IMO 2020. The first vessel was in Dalian when it underwent a Port State Control (PSC) inspection by the Chinese Mariti

Bunker fuel prices in China are expected to be more competitive following the implementation of tax rebates on fuel oil, supporting its push to be a bunkering hub, traders said. Beijing is believed to have approved a long-awaited tax rebate

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has updated its list of cancelled round-trip sailings on its Asia-Europe trade published on December 20. The shipping line had earlier said that the cancellations were made

Chinas imports of iron ore, crude oil, natural gas and soybean, all increased among other commodities in 2019, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed. China imported 1.069 billion tons of iron ore, 506 million tons of

Construction has started on a deep sea research center in East Chinas port city of Qingdao to explore frontier fields such as the origin of life on Earth. The center is established by the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Tec

1.BIMCO announced that following a thorough executive search, it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary General CEO with effect from June 2020. 2.The legal representative of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was changed from Ren Yuanlin to

China has approved plans to refund taxes on fuel oil exports, in a move that could provide a significant boost to the countrys domestic bunker fuel sector. The government has agreed to provide a full rebate of consumption and value-added ta

The legal representative of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was changed from Ren Yuanlin to Ren Letian. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was established in 1956. Ren Yuanlin was the chairman. It was mainly engaged in ship manufacturing, repair and dismant

Hunchun, a border city in northeast Chinas Jilin Province, will upgrade existing highway that leads to Russias Zarubino Port in 2020, the provincial government said. Hunchun is home to four national-level rail and road ports, and only 71 km

Hong Kong Ming Wah Shipping Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CMES, held its relocation ceremony. Mr Hu Jianhua, President of China Merchants Group, Mr Wang Hong, Executive Vice President, Mr Xie Chunlin, CMES Chairman and Mr Wang Yongxin, CMES Pr

New pilotage charges for container vessels transiting Mirs Bay on their way to Yantian International Container Terminal in Shenzhen, which have been introduced from 1 January has been seen as a further blow to the Port of Hong Kong. Carrier

China is considering scaling back or even ending national subsidies for new offshore wind farms in 2022, state media reported. If policymakers go ahead with the change, it would mark Chinas latest move to back away from financial support fo

KONGSBERG and DNV GL have signed an agreement to enable customers of KONGSBERGs Vessel Insight data infrastructure solution to share their data for use in DNV GLs digital class and assurance services. We believe that broad maritime digitali

We are delighted to have found a successor who can continue to build on the excellent work carried out by Angus Frew in positioning BIMCO as the worlds largest international shipping association. David has outstanding communications skills

1.On January 11, Qingdao Port International announced that vice chairman and several senior executives have resigned. 2.The Liberian Registry has announced its Expedited Registration Process, or ERP, effective as of 01 January 2020 3.China