Mr. Lianjun Li is a partner and head of the International Transportation Group at Reed Smith Richards Butler, a well-known international law firm in Hong Kong with other 27 overseas offices in Asia, Europe and America. He qualified as a sol

China officially separated the natural gas business from the countrys big three oil by setting up an independent corporation, the National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Group, in Beijing on Monday. The move marks a significant step in

On December 9, COSCO SHIPPING and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Beijing. Capt. Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING and Mr. Qian Zhimin, Chairman of SPIC attended the signin

Russias state-controlled Gazprom has exported its first ever rail cargo of LPG to China at the Manzhouli border crossing. The company shipped 620t of propane-butane mix to trading firm Avestra Chemical earlier this month. It becomes only

On 3 December 2019, CMES VLCCs New Paradise and New Enterprise rescued 52 and 11 distressed crew members respectively in the northern Indian Ocean. At 17:32, 3 December local time, when the VLCC New Paradise of AMCL (affiliated to CMES) was

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre Conducts Anti-Piracy Capacity Building Programme for Senior Officers of Maritime Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies in Cooperation with Vietnam Coast Guard ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) in c

1.On the afternoon of December 9, 2019, China Merchants Group announced that Hu Jianhua was appointed as the General Manager of China Merchants Group. 2.From 20 February 2020, Frank He and Deborah Yu will be appointed respectively General M

Chinas biggest refiners Sinopec and PetroChina are increasing their capacity to produce 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel that complies with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 regulations. But a lack of tax incentives may continue t

Intelligent shipping, which involves the use of informationization and digital technologies, could well be the silver lining for the global shipping industry to stave off an industrial recession and the ideal conduit for China to become a g

BIMCOs Documentary Committee has agreed to carry out a major overhaul of the Dispute Resolution Clause with the aim to shorten and simplify what has become BIMCOs longest standard clause. At the bi-annual Documentary Committee meeting in Co

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the Bunker Supplier Licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd (Inter-Pacific). With effect from 9 December 2019, Inter-Pacific will cease to operate as a bunker supplier in the

On 3 December 2019, CMES signed a contract with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in Shanghai with regards to the construction of 4 VLCCs. Both Mr Wang Hong, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group and Mr Xie Chunlin, Ch

1.CIMC ENRIC and DNV GL signed a strategic cooperation agreement to work together on the development of gas carriers and LNG gas tank design and fabrication over the next five years. 2.Visitors attending Asias largest maritime fair in Shang

French President Emmanuel Macron committed to actively supporting Rodolphe Saads proposition to launch an international coalition to accelerate the energy transition in the transportation and logistics sectors CMA CGM, at the heart of the d

Chinas crude oil imports hit a record high on a daily basis in November, as refiners operated at high run rates to use up annual import quotas. The worlds top oil buyer imported 45.74 million tonnes of crude, equivalent to 11.13 million bar