1.Chinas Xuelong safely completed its 35th Antarctic expedition mission on March 12 and has returned to Shanghai. 2.Norwegian car carrier operator UECC has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Jiangnan Shipyard for the constru

Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd, one of Chinas largest shipbuilders, will sign a new deal to construct five 15,000 TEU, or twenty-foot equivalent unit, dual-fuel container ships at the end of this month, its senior official said. The deal

Brazilian soya bean exports are up 85.2% in the first two months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This comes on the back of record high exports in 2018 of 83.6 million tonnes, a 22.7% increase from 2017. 2019 has seen the highe

Following the extraordinary success last November of Hong Kong Maritime Week, organisers, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, led by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, arrived in Copenhagen on 11 March. In the first promotional tri

BP said it was set to launch a new very low sulfur fuel oil with maximum 0.5% sulfur content following sea trials of product produced and supplied in Northwest Europe and Singapore. It did not give further details of the products specificat

Chinas icebreaker Xuelong returned to Shanghai Tuesday morning after completing its 35th Antarctic scientific research. Xuelong, with 349 crew members on board, set sail from Shanghai on November 2. Over 131 days, it traveled more than 30,8

1.On the morning of 12 March, the launching ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.1 Steel Cutting Ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.3 of China Merchants Industry Holdings CO.,LTD was successfully held in Haimen, Jiangsu prov

Chinas Ministry of Transport has said in a port report that dry bulk and container shipping along the nations coast are seeing too much capacity leading to falling rates. The report, however, points out that Chinas domestic coastal shipping

Chinese travellers forgoing the open road in favour of trains while making the switch to electric cars means the top driver of the worlds oil demand may soon step on the brakes, according to Morgan Stanley. Oil consumption in China will pea

China will build up its protection of marine ecological environment and realize sustainable marine development, according to an official with the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of National Peoples Congress (NPC) Standing Committee

Classification society DNV GL has announced that all DNV GL classed vessels are now able to utilize the possibility of remote surveys for some inspections through the Veracity data platform. This means that for a range of surveys, a DNV GL

1.Shell Marine provides solutions for HAINAN STRAIT SHIPPING CO,.LTD for RO-RO cost saivings. 2.The second batch of 18 routes of Fujian has been released recently, bringing the number of routes to 34 and connecting more important ports alon

In the week ending Mar-8, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE) quotes 593.7 points, slightly Download PDF1 Below find the NCFI Weekly Index Data chart: Download PDF2 Source: Ningbo Shipping Exc

Chinas science ship Tansuo-1 loaded with the manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) returned to its home harbor in Sanya, south Chinas Hainan Province, on Sunday, after finishing its first expedition in the Indian Ocean. The

Singapore is launching a pilot project, known as TradeTrust later this year to facilitate the submission of bills of lading electronically to reduce delays when containerships come to call in the Lion City. Related changes to the Electronic