Korean shipowner Sinokor once again ordered four 1,100 container feeder ships from Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding. The four new ships are scheduled to be delivered in 2022. The value of the newbuilding contract has not been announced. In add

1.Chinese authorities have tightened screening of crew members on vessels arriving at ports after several cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. 2.Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it saw a sharp V-shaped recovery in China as stimulus spurred industri

Chinese authorities have tightened screening of crew members on vessels arriving at ports after several cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on a single vessel heading from Brazil, a move that has raised concerns among buyers, sources told SP G

Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it saw a sharp V-shaped recovery in China as stimulus spurred industrial activity, helping its first-half profit handily beat market expectations. Rio Tinto is the first of the major iron ore miners to report res

China Tianjin Container Freight Index (TCI), an indicator of northern Chinas international container freight rates, stood at 531.28 points on Wednesday, up 0.01 percent compared with the previous working day. The statistical samples of TCI

Without a seaport, Hunchun, a border city in Northeast Chinas Jilin province, is aiming to build itself into a marine economy hub. Though we do not have a seaport, we have a lot of advantages in terms of location and other fields, said Piao

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) warns port agents to inform their regular principals of port fee and tariff increases, even if the details are in the public domain. This will avoid disputes as well as delayed reimbursemen

The Xihe Group of Companies (Xihe),a Singapore-based tanker shipowner which owns almost 140 vessels covering every segment of the fuel transportation market, is pleased to announce that it and its Lenders have adjourned court proceedings to

According to CCTD, on July 26, CSSC Waigaoqiao Cruise Supply chain (Shanghai) co., LTD was unveiled, CCTD Industry Development (Shanghai) co., LTD formally signed, marking the overall layout of the cruise supply chain of CSSC and the accele

On July 28, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry held a delivery signing ceremony for the second 85000CBM Liquified Ethane Carrier built for JHW, a subsidiary of Frances JACCAR Holdings through cloud signature. With a total length of 231.6 meters a

1.France-based Total said Tuesday it has delivered it first LNG cargo to Chinese state-owned utility Guangdong Energy at the Zhuhai import terminal in Guangdong. 2.The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index declined for the seventh straigh

The prospect and timeline of developing Arctic shipping as an alternative to traditional shipping is at risk of running into rising headwinds from unilateralism, trade protectionism and escalating China-US tensions in the wake of the COVID-

France-based Total said Tuesday it has delivered it first LNG cargo to Chinese state-owned utility Guangdong Energy at the Zhuhai import terminal in Guangdong. Guangdong Energy is the largest power generation company in the southern Chinese

In June 2020, the Maritime Silk Road Trade Index (STI) released by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange showed that the import and export trade index was 133.14 points, up 8.56% from the previous month and up 1.61% year-on-year; the export trade in

For the first half of 2020, Australia overtook Mongolia to become Chinas first coking coal supplier, with the tonnage up 66.5% on year to 24 million tonnes as against the overall growth by 5.6% on year to 38.2 million tonnes, according to d