The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is offering force majeure certificates to businesses in China affected by the outbreak of the Wuhan novel coronavirus. Businesses that have failed to perform on contracts on time, o

A new virus which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) may be linked to cases of pneumonia first reported in Wuhan City, Hubei province, on 31 December 2019. The new virus was later identified as a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV),

1.China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has decided to carry out a 6.57 billion Chinese yuan ($952 million) asset acquisition which includes equity in five Arctic LNG carriers. 2.The Tokyo and Paris MoUs on PSC have been working collaborat

The long-standing executive director of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association, Roberto Giannetta became chairman of the Association effective 15 January, HKLSA announced today. Mr Giannetta replaces the outgoing chairman, Tony Tong of OO

1.On January 19, in the automatic yard of Dalian container terminal, the automatic rail crane controlled by the operator remotely successfully completed the stacking operation of a 40 foot container. 2.China has signed an agreement with Mya

COSCOs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has cancelled numbers of transpacific sailings in response to the annual Chinese New Year slowdown, the Hong Kong-based company announced. Cancelled on the Pacific China Central 2 (PCC2) service

1.After 6 years, the first platform supply vessel (PSV) ever built by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding was finally delivered. 2.Penghu, Chinas first semi-submersible wave energy breeding and tourism platform, has successfully trial-raised the first

A total of 10 Myanmar crew members were rescued from a cargo ship that started to overturn in east Chinas Zhangzhou sea area on Sunday. Shortly after 21:00 on Sunday, the Sea Rescue Bureau in Zhangzhou City, east Chinas Fujian Province, rec

Software solutions provider Softship has been selected as a pre-approved vendor under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapores (MPA) Sea Transport Industry Digital Plan (IDP), a SGD3.7million fund to support ship agency and harbour cra

At least $1 trillion of capital investment in land-based and ship-related infrastructure required to halve international shippings greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Copenhagen, 20 January, 2020; Shipping needs to make a radical shift to zer

1.On January 17, Hudong Zhonghua, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, won the construction contract for two 79,900 cubic meters LNG vessels supporting the Malaysian LNG project. 2.China MSA issued the Guidelines for Superv

On the afternoon of January 16, COSCO SHIPPING signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Construction Group (SCG). Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong and Chairman of SCG Mr. Xu Zheng attended the signing cerem

Chinas space-tracking ship finished being overhauled Yuanwang-6 on Friday,and is now preparing for future missions. Docking at the port of the China Satellite Marine Tracking and Telecommanding and Controlling Department on east China coast

In order to standardize the implementation of the Implementation Scheme of the Domestic Emission Control Areas for Atmospheric Pollution from Vessels (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) issued by Ministry of Transport of the PRC as well

M.T. Pusaka Borneo (108,000 dwt, 2018/Tsuneishi) has joined N2Tankers fleet after redelivery from the vessels previous time charter commitment with Teekay in January. With this addition, N2Tankers expands its fleet size to 15 high spec vess