The Isle of Man Ship Registry has been selected as the flag state to oversee construction of two rail-enabled RoPax ferries that will connect New Zealands North and South Islands. State-owned transport operator KiwiRail has commissioned the

On Nov. 13, Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group won the bid for the construction project of Wuhan Liangjiang Cruise Ship Tourism. The target includes two 600-800 passenger cruise ships, mainly used for Wuhan Yangtze River basin water sights

Two Newcastle bulk carriers, Solar Pride and Solar Quantum, built by CSSCs Shanghai Wgaaoqiao Shipbuilding for South Koreas Polaris Shipping, were delivered on Tuesday morning. The 210,000 dwt Newcastle bulk carrier is a ship independently

Yang Ming Returns to Profitability in 2020 Q3 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) held its 352nd Board Meeting on November 12th, 2020 to approve its 2020 Q3 financial report. Its consolidated revenues for the third quarter to

The worlds first air-track intelligent transporting system is being built in Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group, making China the first country to leverage air-tracking in its fully-automated container terminal. After the completion, conta

Chinas domestic refineries processed 14.15 million b/d of crude oil in October, rising 0.9% on the month, to end the downtrend and hit a fresh record high, the National Bureau of Statistics data released Nov. 16 showed. The countrys previou

Alongside the unique Type Approval for the Digi Boiler automated dosing system, Wilhelmsen have also been certified as the first and onlyapproved service supplier for DNV GLs BMON+ class notation. Rune Nygaard, Business Manager Ventures in

The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, but it may, in turn, affect ship safety and disrupt the global supply chain. At a virtual Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting on 16 November, , the IMO approved an MSC c

While shipowners have been focused on the 2020 sulphur regulation which entered into force on 1 January 2020 due to safety concerns, IMO members states have had their eyes on the procedures that control whether ships are carrying low-sulphu

The AMSA has issued Marine Notice (MN) 10/2020 advising shipowners, operators and seafarers of their updated temporary arrangement taking into account of the MLC,2006 requirements, with regard to port state inspections on valid seafarers em

At the MSC201 meeting, one of the requirements adopted relates to the mooring operation to ensure occupational safety and safe mooring of ships, as well as to reduce the number and severity of accidents caused by mooring activities. The out

On November 13, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) officially delivered the 10th FPSO MV30 for Japan MODEC (Singapore). The MV30 project is a refit of the 300,000 dwt VLCC Flan. It is 332 meters long, 58.04 meters wide, has a draft of 3

China has never restricted the departure of an Indian ship carrying Australian coal that has been stuck at Jingtang port since June. The shippers unwillingness to adjust the ships operating arrangements for commercial reasons is the real ca

On November 12, Vale and Ningbo Zhoushan Port signed a cooperation statement in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province to establish a joint venture company to construct and operate the West Third District Project at Shulang Lake terminal in Zhoushan C

China Tianjin Shipping Index (TSI), an indicator of northern Chinas ocean freight rates for both international and domestic shipping markets, stood at 885.33 points on Friday, up 0.03 percent compared with the previous working day. The stat