1.China has launched a new price index for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to better reflect changes in the market. 2.On October 18th, Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding officially started construction of the first domestic large-scale cruise ship

Feng Fei, executive vice governor of Zhejiang, addresses the 3rd International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province on Oct 18. Sharon Weintraub, CEO of BP Supply Trading East Hemisphere, delivers a

China has launched a new price index for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to better reflect changes in the market. The LNG comprehensive import price index (the LNG index), jointly developed by a monitoring center under the General Admin

On the morning of October 16th, 2019, a delegation led by Mr. Chris Wiernicki, Chairman of American Bureau of Shipping visited COSCO SHIPPING headquarters in Shanghai. Capt.Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING, and Mr. Sun Yunfei, Executiv

Tangshan, Chinas top steelmaking city, took more drastic pollution control measures after mid-to-heavily polluting days were forecast over October 18-22, on top of a second-level smog alert starting 20:00 pm on October 15. From 8:00 am Octo

Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin, a minor bulks specialist, announced in its third quarter trading update that a combination of strengthening freight markets and global fleet inefficiencies had seen the firm fare better than for a number of ye

At this years Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference (19-20 November Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre) the third Maritime Forum raises the topic, Todays Shipping Dilemma Is the Future in Owning or Managing? There are a number of

Panic drove crude-tanker rates up, very briefly, to mind-bogglingly high assessed levels of around $300,000 per day. Now, the fear factor has been contained. Charterers of very large crude carriers (VLCCs, tankers that carry 2 million barre

A global network of maritime technology cooperation centres has completed an impressive array of pilot projects over the past three years, helping to drive forward the changes which are required to reduce GHG emissions from shipping. Five r

Chinas crude oil futures settled lower on Thursday. The most active contract for November 2019 delivery dropped 4.60 percent to 444 yuan per barrel, data from the Shanghai International Energy Exchange showed. China launched its first yuan-

2019 International Ship Management and Technology Forum, co-organized by China Ship owners Association (CSA) and Xinde Marine News, supported by Dalian Maritime University (DMU) and BIMCO, will be held on Dec 4, 2019 in Shanghai. The future

1.Reference is made to the last circular (Huatai Circular--PNI1813 issued in Aug. 2018) on fishery farm claims at Lanshan, China. 2.Under the sincere greetings from Chinese President Xi Jingping, the 2019 China Marine Economy Expo (CMEE) he

Reference is made to our last circular (Huatai Circular--PNI1813 issued in Aug. 2018) on fishery farm claims at Lanshan, China. In order to keep our clients posted with the development of the changes in that sea area, we, from handling case

Container volumes at the Port of Hong Kong continued to decline for the 20th consecutive month, but at 1.3% it was the shallowest fall since the rot set in in February 2018. The total volumes in September 2019 were 1.468m teu. Drilling down

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) is working with a railway company to trial delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, a senior company executive said on October 15. The two-year trial will involve sending LNG to central China