Chinas latest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Fanfei was delivered to its user on Tuesday at the Changxing Island of Shanghai. The 290-meter-long carrier is the same size as a medium aircraft carrier. The maximum LNG it can hold is 104

YANGTZE River cargo volume again set an annual record in 2018, up 7.6 per cent year on year to 2.69 billion tonnes, according to Chinas Ministry of Transport. The river also carried 6.1 per cent more containers year on year to 17.50 million

1.Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar, conducted by Xinde Marine News, sponsored by LeesGreen Ballast Water Management, Pure Ocean Tecnology and with supporters of the Marshall Islands Registry and DNV GL, starts on Jan 11th, 2019 in D

As theres no extension to the IMO 2020 Sulphur regulation, shipowners and shipping companies should create a ship implementation plan. The 3 month grace period till March 20 should be fully utilised to show diligence to compliance. The most

Maersk and other carriers in the industry are working to improve safety and reliability in the Containerized Maritime Supply Chain, by verifying that cargo descriptions match actual contents of the container and that the contents of the con

1 January 2019 Resolution A.1116(30): Escape Route Signs and Equipment Location Markings To ensure uniformity of safety signs with ISO standards, the IMO has introduced updated signs and graphic symbols that should be used to mark the locat

1.Nanjing Tanker Corp, a subsidiary of Sinotrans CSC which suffered delisting due to the financial losses nearly four years ago, is now to be rejoin the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock code 601975 on 8th January, 2019. 2.Hong Kongs Orien

Release conference of the blue paper on evaluation of Chinas cruise ports in 2018 held in Beijing on Jan. 9. The first blue paper on evaluation of Chinas cruise ports in 2018 was released in Beijing on Wednesday, aiming to guide Chinas dome

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is an unacceptable burden to seafarers and shipping companies. Around 40 ships have been attacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the past 12 months. Most recently, six seafarers were kidnapped from the MSC Mandy, whic

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is planning to build a pipeline to supply fuel from a coal-to-gas project to the Hebei-Beijing-Tianjin area, top consuming region for natural gas, CNOOC said on January 9. Huabei Pipeline Comp

Hongkong International Terminals Limited, Modern Terminals Limited, Cosco-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited, and Asia Container Terminals Limited have jointly announced the formation of the Hong Kong Seaport Alliance (The Seaport Alliance).

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced the cancellation of 14 sailings on the Trans-Pacific trade following the Lunar New Year holiday period. OOCL said in a statement that the cancellations have b

The board of directors of the Company wishes to inform the shareholders of the Company (the Shareholders) and potential investors that the Company has noticed from media reports that Coastal Oil Singapore Pte Ltd (Coastal Oil Singapore) has

On 2 January 2019, PSAs Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Private Limited (BMCT) welcomed the first regular service call of Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)s China India Express (CIX) service. The 8,562 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) capaci

As we welcome in 2019, we share our thoughts on the key issues and trends likely to affect the container ports and terminals sector in the year ahead. Demand: We will see a softening of the global container port demand growth rate, down fro