On April 13, the two-year anniversary of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Pilot Zone started signing activities, which were held in Haikou and the branch venues of cities in Hainan. COSCO Shipping Group was invited to participate in th

The United States Coast Guards Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has released its 2019 annual report over US port state controls. The aim of the report is to provide the global maritime industry key statistics and compliance trends in

1.Xu lirong selected as Chinas 50 most influential business leaders in 2020. 2.31 Foreign Workers Moved into Floating Accommodation at Tanjong Pagar Terminal, Singapore. 3.Financially troubled ship design and shipbuilding company Shanghai B

Fortune (Chinese version) released the list of Chinas 50 Most Influential Business Leaders in 2020. Xu Lirong, chairman of COSCO Shipping Group, was included in the list and ranked 46th. According to Fortune, Xu Lirongs career has always be

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other oil producers led by Russia agreed on Sunday to a record cut in output to prop up oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. At an emergency video conference, the group,

On the afternoon of April 9, Piraeus Port Authority S.A.(PPA) donated 4,000 surgical masks to METAXA Cancer Hospital of Piraeus to cope with the COVID-19 epidemic situation. Capt. Weng Lin, Vice President of PPA said COSCO SHIPPING and PPA

Chinas iron ore production is forecast to decline by 3% to 78.2 Mt in 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19. Between January and February 2020, the operating rates at private iron ore mines declined from 34.9% to 29.6% and overall, Chinas iron

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber, whose members employ up to 60,000 seafarers onboard their vessels around the world, has joined a global appeal to G20 leaders to facilitate crew changes and safeguard access to healthcare onshore to these unseen

As the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout intensify, contractual parties have increasingly invoked force majeure provisions to excuse performance of contracts. This article is a follow up to Schiffer Hicks Johnsons earlier article on

As part of Singapores efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, the first batch of 31 healthy foreign workers has moved into one of the three floating accommodations berthed at Tanjong Pagar Terminal today. About 1,300 healthy workers will

China issued the Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Situations in Ports and Their Frontline Staff. The guide pointed out that personnel and vehicles entering and leaving the port should be notif

1.Workers started the construction of the Dalian Bay Cross-harbor Tunnel in the water area of Dalian City. 2.Nobu Sus 21-month detention at Pentonville Prison in the UK has come to an early close with the fallen Taiwanese magnate enjoying h

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) contacted two Far East shipyards and planned to order 6 + 4 MR product tankers. Bahri plans to expand its fleet and has contacted Hyundai Mipo and New Times Shipbuilding to submit a plan for

While the number of physical on-board ship inspections has reduced considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to protect both port State control officers and seafarers, the regimes continue to work to target high-risk ships which m

Workers started the construction of the Dalian Bay Cross-harbor Tunnel in the water area of Dalian City in northeast Chinas Liaoning Province on Saturday, with the seabed leveling test officially operated. According to the deputy general ma