1.Shipowners in Hong Kong debated the use of scrubbers and how a multiple-fuel shipping market will change the industrys landscape into 2050, during a recent Marine Money conference. 2.The worlds top five shipping lines are all now calling

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) to two new gas carrier designs from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. ABS said on Thursday that the two new vessel designs were for 200,000-cbm LNG carrier and a 147,0

Chinas coastal bulk freight market saw a overall demand growth last month, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE). The composite index for coastal bulk freight climbed to 992.93 in March, up 4.8 percent from a month earlier, the

Chinas COSCO Shipping has confirmed on Wednesday it will call at the port of Liverpool after a successful trial last October to offer its clients more efficient services between Britain and Canada. COSCO Shipping is to ship via the port of

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is co-organising a workshop with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to support the operationalisation of e-navigation solutions, th

Gold Talent, Cosco Shipping Logistics and JD Logistics entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly invest in online logistics platform EShipping through a joint venture (JV) formation. Gold Talent is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Ko

Singapore Maritime Week 2019 - Nine-day event emphasises Connectivity, Innovation and Talent, while commemorating Singapores Bicentennial Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2019 was officially opened this afternoon at a ceremony graced by Mr Kha

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) will become a big part of China-U.S. trade once tensions are properly resolved between the two countries, a senior executive from China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said on Wednesday. LNG will also continue

The volume of U.S. ocean cargo imports arranged by Deutsche Posts DHL Group, United Parcel Service Inc, FedEx Corp and other freight forwarders fell sharply in February, sending a warning on global trade, a key barometer for the world econo

Fuel quality is the great unknown for the shipping and oil refining industry. The International Maritime Organizations (IMO) January 2020 deadline could see the majority of vessel owners switching to cleaner marine fuels incompatible with e

A large Chinese-made dredging vessel set sail Tuesday from East Chinas Jiangsu province for Saudi Arabia to support its offshore oil exploration. The 138-meter-long, 28-meter-wide dredger named Xin Hai Xu can dig as deep as 36 meters under

1.American classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to two new gas carrier designs from Chinas Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. 2.Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation has jointly launched a project with Dalian Shipbui

Seaspan Corporation, the independent containerships operator, has signed a framework agreement for strategic cooperation with Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation for LNG-related investments. Seaspan said on Wednesday that the agreement wou

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced Asia-Europe sailing cancellations after the May Labour Day holiday. OOCL said in a statement that the cancellations have been made in response to the expected

Hong Kongs major port operator China Merchants Port Holdings Company handled a total of 109.6 million TEU in 2018, an increase of six per cent over 2017. The Hong Kong-listed port operator also said in its annual report that it had generate