Shipping bulletins on August 20,2018

1.Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) signed a contract with CSBC CORPORATION, TAIWAN (CSBC) for the construction of a total of ten 2,800 TEU class full container vessels. The contract was signed by Yang Ming’s Chairman Bronson Hsieh and CSBC’s Chairman Cheng Wen-Lon.

 

2.Huang Qin,acting mayor of Wuxi, met with Loh Chin Hua, executive director and CEO of Keppel Corporation in Wuxi on August 14. The two leaders had an in-depth discussion on cooperation expansion.

 

3.The movement of the ship, the Star Jennifer, suggests it is preparing to unload its cargo,the second to enter China this week and incur hefty import tariffs Beijing imposed on U.S.products last month amid an escalating trade row.

 

4.Kalmar,part of Cargotec, has secured an order to supply 15 units of container handling equipment to Shanghai International Port Group(SIPG).Delivery of the machines is scheduled to take place in the third quarter of 2018.

 

5.BIMCO,Cruise Lines International Association,Friends of the Earth US,International Chamber of Shipping,International Parcel Tankers’Association,INTERTANKO,Pacific Environment,World Shipping Council,and WWF Global Arctic Programme have jointly released a statement calling for the prohibition of the carriage of non-compliant fuel when the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap takes effect.

 

6.China's Hubei province builds a comprehensive green transportation corridor in the Yangtze River with a total investment of 325.6 billion yuan and 17 projects.

 

7.A fishing boat ran aground in Tongzhou Bay on August,8 and 17 fishermen were rescued.

 

8.As other ports rise,HK still has much value for shippers."Hong Kong should provide more high-level shipping services,including maritime arbitration and logistics,to Chinese companies investing in countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road,"said ZhuHanliang,managing director of Asia Container Terminals.
XINDE MARINE NEWS editor：Anita

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