1.South Korea was a distant second player after China in terms of new shipbuilding orders in the first five months of the year, data showed Tuesday. 2.HKMPB yesterday threw a light on an otherwise gloomy shipping environment by declaring it

IACS re-published in May 2020 its recommendation on cyber resilience (No. 166). The new document harmonised all 12 existing recommendations in one single, standalone recommendation consolidating IACS previous 12 recommendations related to c

The Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board yesterday threw a light on an otherwise gloomy shipping environment by declaring its intention to push ahead with Hong Kong Maritime Week (15-21 November 2020). The decision comes with the full endorsem

The Panamanian Maritime Authority, as administrator of the Panama flag has successfully repatriated 3,172 passenger and crew since the outbreak of the pandemic. Adopting a variety of modus operandi including ship-to-ship, group mode as well

The technology group Wrtsil has assigned Shanghai Wenli Engine Engineering (Wenli) as its distributor in China for the sales, distribution, installation, and after-sales service of the companys range of Midsize waterjets. The contract was s

Runji 1, the first bunker oil supply ship tailor made for China (Zhejiang) Free Trade Pilot Zone, went on a trial run around Daishan Island on June 4. The ship, designed by the Zhejiang Xinhai Ship Design and Research Institute and built by

International shipping businesses remain optimistic about the industrys future development in China despite facing some temporary difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts noted that shipping centers in the future sho

1.The United States warned on Monday that it would punish any country that deals with Irans top shipping company. 2.Oil prices sank on Monday despite major crude producers agreement to extend their current output cuts. 3.On World Oceans Day

The international shipping industry has warned of a threat to global trade from a mounting crisis on board merchant vessels, with up to 400,000 crew stranded either at sea or at home by travel restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Following several discussions with the government, the Chief Secretary has exercised his powers to approve the exemption of crew members of goods vessels, including those without cargo operations, from compulsory quarantine under Cap. 599E

Representatives of the territorys seafarers unions will stage a demonstration outside government offices tomorrow in support of the worlds seafarers. As the plight of seafarers unable to off-board their vessels grows everyday more critical,

On World Oceans Day, Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization (IMO) invites a celebration of the majesty, beauty and sheer wonder of our oceans and the ships that ply their trade on them. June 8th is World Oceans D

Oil prices sank on Monday despite major crude producers agreement to extend their current output cuts. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery fell 1.36 U.S. dollars to settle at 38.19 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile

The novel coronavirus pandemic has caused large-scale disruptions in international trade and undermined the entire world economy. And although Chinas foreign trade is likely to recover after the pandemic is contained and the global economic

China Tianjin Container Freight Index (TCI), an indicator of northern Chinas international container freight rates, stood at 535.69 points on Monday, down 1.96 percent compared with the previous working day. The statistical samples of TCI c