On February 6, Tianjin Portissued two personnel change announcements. Due to job changes, Liang Yongcen served asvice chairman and general counsel of Tianjin Port (Group), He applied to resign from the position of chairman and director of th

Due to the current Coronavirus outbreak, ports are imposing various restrictions on vessels and crew. With your safety as our priority,Wilhelmsen Ship Service hascreated an overview of port restrictions worldwide. Click on each port or count

China decided to lower the rates of additional tariffs levied on about $75 billion in imported goods from the United States starting Feb 14, to further ease Sino-US trade tensions and promote economic and trade cooperation between the two s

1.China MSA states that during epidemic prevention perid,if the ship certificate expires and the annual inspection cannot be completed on time, the application may be postponed, and the maritime administrations shall not impose administrati

CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company, a Hong Kong-listed ship leasing firm issued a positive profit alert through the exchange on Monday. Based on a preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 D

China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), Chinas largest oil refiner, started to provide free natural gas Tuesday for Leishenshan hospital, one of the makeshift hospitals for novel coronavirus patients in Wuhan. The gas supply for the hosp

DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its instant online quotation and booking service to DHL Ocean Direct FCL (full-container-load). The service myDHLi Quote + Book makes instant bookings for air and ocean freight as well as door-to-door ship

On Thursday 30 January, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade released a statement confirming that China was offering force majeure certificates to local companies unable to fulfil their international contractual obliga

Liaoning Port Groups cargo throughput exceeded 43 million tons in January, up 2.6 percent year-on-year, despite the influence of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Iron ore, coal, commodity cars and other cargo keep increasing, with several su

A cruise ship that previously had three passengers infected with the novel coronavirus was put under quarantine after arriving in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning. The ship, World Dream, which is operated by Dream Cruises, currently has 1,800

The World Health Organization has, on Thursday, 30 January 2020, declared that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (WHO advice). United States - The novel coronavi

1.Chinese oil demand has dropped by about 3 million barrels a day, or 20% of total consumption, as the coronavirus squeezes the economy. 2.China Merchants Port received the resignation submitted by the companys chairman, Fu Gangfeng. And De

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, issued today the following statement in response to the 2019-novel coronavirus outbreak and the World Health Organizations (WHO) declaration of

The ITF is closely following alladvice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding the current outbreak which originated in Wuhan city, a major domestic and international transport hub. We call on all governments and transport compan

The coronavirus outbreak in China has forced several countries to resort to stringent quarantine checks in their battle to contain the spread and the measures are starting to have a knock-on effect on the global commodities shipping market.