PetroChinas Yunnan Petrochemical is set to receive an 850,000-barrel cargo of Iraqs Basrah Light crude in early August via the China-Myanmar pipeline, the first time that a crude cargo was loaded out of China and crossed the Strait of Melak

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the worlds longest Green and Digital Corridor to enable low and zero carbon shipping. Signed by Ms. Qu

In the past July, the container throughput is expected to exceed 4.3 million TEUs, a record high for the same period in history, with a year-on-year increase of over 16% and a month-on-month increase of over 13%; The average daily throughpu

China will conduct military exercises in part of the South China Sea from August 2 to 6, Chinas Maritime Safety Administration said in a statement on Monday, marking out off-limit water areas. A live-fire drill is being conducted from Augus

Chinas large-size maritime patrol vessel Haixun-06 launched its debut marine patrol and law enforcement activity in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday after being commissioned earlier in July. During the seven-day mission, the law enforcement offi

CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company announced that on August 1, 2022, CA ShippingandCSSC Huangpu Wenchong signed a construction contract for 4+4 1600TEU container ships. The totalcost is $110 million. According to the announcement, the four h

IRClass Academy, the training arm of international ship classification society, Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), has provided comprehensive International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) training to an array of key stakeholders

On July 29, New Times Shipbuilding held a naming ceremony for the 156,500DWT crude oil tankers 55#56# were named SEA GALAXY and SEA CORAL. The total length of the tanker is 274.3 meters, the width of the type is 48 meters, the depth of the

The fishing moratorium in the East China Sea was partially lifted on Monday and the first fleet of more than 1,100 fishing boats in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province set sail. Fishing boats in coastal cities including Zhoushan and Ningbo also uppe

On August 1, Liaoning MSA China issued a national warning: North Bohai Sea Gun Firing in area within 8 miles radius of 39-50.80N, 121-10.03E from 010600UTC TO 041600UTC AUG. Entering Prohibited. The opinions expressed herein are the authors

Container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 5.9% year-on-year in early July. Export container volume increased 7.6% while the domestic volume growth rate remained the same level of last years. The port of Shanghai was recovering

The EVER ALOT, the largest container ship in the world, with just over 24,000 teu capacity, has been delivered to ABS class. The vessel is the latest in a series of five being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China to ABS class. The

IMOSecretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed thedeparture fromOdesaof the first commercial ship to leave theportundertheUnited Nations supportedBlack Sea GrainInitiativeto establish a humanitarian maritime corridor for the safe passage of s

The worlds largest container ship with a capacity of 24,116 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) was undocked at the shipyard of its builder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd, a unit of the worlds largest shipbuilder China State Sh

Chinas foreign trade will likely record double-digit growth in the second half of the year, thanks to the nations strong economic resilience and faster recovery pace, according to a former vice-minister of commerce. The annual growth rates