Inmarsat Maritime President Ronald Spithout says providing crews with enhanced levels of connectivity and support is critical at this unprecedented time, and offers an insight into the work already underway with welfare organisations to ass

1.On March 20th, 2020, Yangfan Group Inked a newbuilding contract of four (4) 1,868TEU containerships from Zhejiang Haigang Shipping Limited. 2.Chinas foreign trade sector has the resilience and growth potential to weather the impact of the

On March 20th, 2020, Yangfan Group Co., Ltd. Inked a newbuilding contract of four (4) 1,868TEU containerships from Zhejiang Haigang Shipping Limited which is the subsidiary of Zhejiang Seaport Group Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group. The new order

Total net oil and gas production of China National Offshore Oil Corp amounted to 506.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, exceeding 500 million barrels of oil equivalent for the first time, the company said during its 2019 annual results re

Chinas foreign trade sector has the resilience and growth potential to weather the impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a national trade promotion agency said. With strong competitiveness, a stable industrial chain and rapid

Chinas crude oil imports in the first two months of 2020 from top supplier Saudi Arabia rose 26% from a year earlier, while purchases from No. 2 supplier Russia gained 11%, Reuters calculations based on customs data showed on Wednesday. Chi

Chinese iron ore futures rose more than 5% on Wednesday, the most since July last year, on worries over supply as more countries including top producers of the steelmaking raw material ordered lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Some ports in India including those owned by Adani Ports SEZ Ltd have declared force majeure after Asias third-biggest economy announced a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, documents seen by Reuters showed. The feder

On 23 March, OOIL (Stock Code: 00316.HK) announced 2019 annual results. The net profit attributable to shareholders was US$1.3 billion, and if excluding the one-off gain from the sale of its interests in the Long Beach Container Terminal, t

On March 24, the construction ceremony of the first four 325,000 dwt very large ore carriers built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group was held in Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding. The project is financed by Bank of Communications Financial Leasing

CSSC Offshore Marine Engineering issued an announcement that the company sold 27.4214% equity of Guangzhou Shipyard International to China State Shipbuilding Corporation. CSSC paid the transaction consideration by way of non-public issue of

1.ICS stepped up its campaign to keep global supply chains open by issuing an open letter to G20 Governments due to meet. 2.More than 800 cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths occurred during outbreaks on three cruise s

The board of directors (the Board) of COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) Limited (COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) or the Company, stock code: 00517.HK) today announced the audited consolidated results of the Company and its s

The International Chamber of Shipping today stepped up its campaign to keep global supply chains open by issuing an open letter to G20 Governments due to meet today. The letter, which has been signed off by the heads of ICS and the Internat

Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has issued an update to its COVID-19 bulletin, which gives further guidance on Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE)/Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID) inspections. In the update, O