Mrs Elpi Petraki， President of WISTA International More than a watchword, the term collaboration ran throughout the recent WISTA International AGM in Geneva, highlighting the fact that only by working together can we hope to bring about t

Spot rates for containers loading in Shanghai will normally be 12% higher just before CNY than ten weeks earlier. Similarly, average rates for all containers loading in China will normally end 4% higher. This year, both spot and average r

Beibu Gulf Port in South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region saw its cargo throughput rise 16.78 percent year-on-year to 7.02 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in 2022. With advances in the new land-sea transit r

Qingdao Port, a subsidiary of Shandong Port Group, was hustling and bustling on Sunday, the first day of the New Year, foreshadowing what is expected to be strong performance in 2023. Loading and unloading tasks was completed for 11 vessels

MAN ES will start testing its ammonia fueled engine in Q1 2023, Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President, head of two stroke business at MAN ES, said he sees a rapid uptake on methnol in the coming years, with 2035 anticipated as a tipping po

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the companys Wind Hunter project, whi

Australia has joined New Zealand and California and requires international vessels to provide information on how biofouling has been proactively managed prior to arriving in its territorial seas. While the aim of these national and sub-nati

Having been adopted by the IMO, the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for sulphur oxides and particulate matter is set to come into effect on 1 May 2025. In December 2022, at the 79th session of the IMOs Marine Environment Protection

Maersk has unveiled a US$174 million investment in the construction of its first green and smart logistics centre in China. The Danish company has already signed a Land Grant Contract with the administrative committee of Lin-gang new area o

An unusual drop in prices was observed in Chinese container exports, according to chief shipping analyst at BIMCO, Niels Rasmussen, who noted that box rates, which normally enjoy a spike in the weeks leading up to Chinese New Year (CNY), se

With the start of the new year, Korean Register (KR) has launched the KR PSC ADVISER mobile app to help customers prepare for Port State Control (PSC) inspections. The new service is designed to reduce the risk of PSC detentions by providin

Chery Automobile， Anhui Provincial Port Shipping Group and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group jointly established Anhui Hangrui International Ro-Ro Transportation with a registered capital of 900 million yuan. So far this year, Chinas auto

4January2023. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)welcomed the China Shipowners Association (CSA) as a Full Member from 1 January 2023. The CSA will join the ICS Board, which oversees the policy positions ICS presents on behalf of sh

The rail-sea intermodal freight trains running along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor transported a total of 756,000 TEUs of containers, up 18.5 percent year-on-year, said the railway authority in South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang au

Illustration courtesy Gama Ocean carrier CMA CGM sails to six continents and dozens of islands, but its latest project will take its reach even further. The French shipping company has co-sponsored the first test launch of a French solar sa