The Singapore Maritime Gallery will host its inaugural exhibition Sampan Girl Smiles, a showcase jointly curated by the Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) and the Institute of Ancient Chinese Ships (Ninghai Maritime Museum). Sampan Girl Smiles e

Wuhan Shipping Exchange has launched three Yangtze River shipping indexes, namely WSCFI (Wuhan Shipping Container Freight Index), CCSFI (China Coal Shipping Freight Index) and CARPI (Changjiang Automobile-roro Prosperity Index), to promote

1.East Chinas Fujian province plans to further facilitate cross-border trade by boosting port clearance efficiency and lowering costs.It aims to slash average clearance time in half by the end of 2021,and implement the charges catalogue sys

Chinas most advanced manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi or Deep Sea Warrior reached a milestone on Wednesday as it completed its 100th dive in the southwestern part of the Indian Ocean. In its most recent mission, Shenhai Yongshi dived for

Here at VesselsValue, were getting pretty excited about Christmas, and not just because our Christmas party is today. Saying that, were less excited about the inevitable New Years hangover waiting for us around the corner To keep us (and yo

Apart from the Belt and Road Initiative, there are many major development projects in the Mainland China, one of which being the International Land-Sea New Trade Channel which was officially renamed recently. The Channel aims at enhancing c

1.The Chinese Ministry of Transport issued a notice to ensure the safety and security of maritime transportation of LNG. Namely, the notice requires all relevant actors to?implement safety measures for LNG transport and improve?supervisions

1.China Ministry of Transport (MOT) issued a document of the domestic emission control area regulation from 1 January 2019 in the prescribed waters. 2.The Port of Shanghais November container throughput fell 1.9 per cent year on year to 3.5

A new mothership for Chinas manned submersible Jiaolong successfully took to water in the central city of Wuhan on Saturday. Shenhai Yihao (DeepSea No. 1) is a comprehensive scientific expedition vessel as well as the countrys first self-de

Chinese research ship Haiyang Dizhi-9, or Ocean Geology No 9, returned to port in Qingdao, East Chinas Shandong province, on Friday. The vessel made the return after having completed a 258-day voyage. Covering more than 25,000 nautical mile

The Port of Shanghais November container throughput fell 1.9 per cent year on year to 3.53 million TEU, according to figures from Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG). November volumes also declined 1.1 per cent from Octobers 3.57 milli

1.The worlds most influential maritime leaders will convene in Singapore for the Global Maritime Forums Annual Summit on 30-31 October 2019. 2.A new and luxury ro-ro passenger vessel built by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd for

The government of Panama gave a US$1.4 billion contract to build a bridge over the Panama Canal to Panama Cuarto Puente, a Chinese consortium. Panama Cuarto Puente consortium or so-called Panama Fourth Bridge Consortium, composed of China C

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is launching a new Middle East / Indian Subcontinent - East Mediterranean (EM3) service next month to offer fast transit times to Egypt and Turkey. The new loop provides direct connections between ports

If a friend from abroad were to materialize suddenly in China as a tourist, the question Gee, when did you land will likely pop up from the presumption that he or she flew into the country. But, if some tourism firms plans fructify, there m