Chinas Sanlin Shipyard has built and delivered a new harbor tug for the Port of Shanghai. The Robert Allan Ltd.-designed workboat Hai Gang 501 will be used by Shanghai Harbor Fuxing Shipping Service Company for berthing and unberthing in ha

Chinas soybean imports in 2021-22 marketing year (October-September) is likely to exceed 110 million mt, hitting an all-time high, on sharper-than-expected hog and sow herd recovery from the African swine fever, according to SP Global Platt

Chinas exports of clean marine fuels in December rose to a record since shipments began a year ago, taking 2020 exports of the ship fuel to 15.45 million tonnes, customs data showed on Wednesday. Chinese oil refineries began exporting very

The Port of Qingdao in East Chinas Shandong province opened new shipping routes on Tuesday to two destinations involved in the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement. One of the routes, linking China and Malay

The new California law, which entered into force on 1 January 2021, doubles the existing minimum and maximum fines for certain oil spill violations related, among other things, to persons who knowingly engage in or cause the discharge or sp

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has launched an anonymous Port Integrity Survey to assess the impact of MACNs efforts in Nigeria and to better understand the evolving situation in Nigerian ports and terminals. BIMCO supports MAC

Climate protection is the greatest challenge of our time and the maritime industry is not exempt from it. The environmental conference gmec at SMM DIGITAL, the leading international maritime trade event, will point the way for the industrys

Members and Assureds should be aware that further entities and vessels were added to OFACs SDN list on 19 January 2021 under sanctions relating to Venezuela, Russia and Yemen. Full details of the additional designations are set out in the U

Four experiments to combat marine litter in the Baltic Sea have received support from the City of Helsinki. A startup named Clewat tested a new kind of waste collection ship that effectively collects macro and microplastics from seawater, w

It has been reported that containership MAERSK ESSEN has lost a very significant number of containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean on 16 January 2021. The incident occurred whilst the vessel was on passage from Xiamen, China to the port o

According to one of our members, they were told by local agents that all vessels calling at a Chinese port shall stay for 14 days before berthing regardless of whether the vessel changed crews or not. Could you kindly check the above? There

On January 20, the third 23,000 TEU dual-fuel container ship CMA CGM RIVOLI built by Hudong Zhonghua, was successfully delivered. The ships LNG bunkering volume was reduced by 14 vehicles compared with the previous ship, saving 2.8 million

2020 brought about an unprecedented situation in the form of the pandemic. Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) responded swiftly by taking a pragmatic and practical approach in maintaining its services to its clients during this period of

Pacific Basin (Pacific Basin or the Company; SEHK 2343), one of the worlds leading dry bulk shipping companies, announced today that after nine years as Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ), Mats Berglund has decided to retire and leave the Comp

Very large crude tankers lead the way when it comes to adopting marine scrubber technology. For the moment this move appears to be paying dividends, but this should be weighed against a growing antipathy toward the technology from governmen