The Port of Hamburg has become the largest sea-rail combined port in Europe thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). About one-third of freighters at the Port of Hamburg are bound for China or originate there, and more than 30 internat

Hoegh LNG on its first ever sale and leaseback deal with China Construction Bank Financial Leasing (CCBFL) for its tenth Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU), the Hoegh Galleon, which was delivered yesterday (August 27) and has been

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) will kick off the follow-up project of the first phase of Tianjin-Inner Mongolia natural gas pipeline from late September, according to the state-backed China News Service The 1,279-kilometer (km) pi

Chinas iron ore futures finished lower on Wednesday. The most active contract for January 2020 delivery finished the day session down 0.85 percent to 588 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign inv

Asias hydrogen gas demand will rise as the regions oil refineries use the gas to produce low-sulfur fuel to meet new environmental regulations, the head of the worlds largest industrial gas producer said. The demand for hydrogen has grown s

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index rose to its highest since December 2013 on Wednesday, pushed by strong demand across all vessel categories, with the panamax index hitting an eight-year high. The Baltic index, which tracks rates

Silverstream Technologies, the leading air lubrication manufacturer for the shipping industry, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading shipbuilding group, Hudong-Zhonghua, part of the CSSC Group. The

China on Monday announced a master plan for six new pilot free trade zones (FTZs) in a strategic move to press ahead with reform and opening up in the new era. The new pilot FTZs will be located in the six provincial regions of Shandong, Ji

1.Chinas goods trade has posted robust growth in the past seven decades thanks to the countrys reform and opening-up efforts. 2.COSCO Shipping is expanding its logistics business in Malaysia to carry out a number of new development projects

Chinas goods trade has posted robust growth in the past seven decades thanks to the countrys reform and opening-up efforts. Goods trade volume stood at only $1.13 billion in 1950, while the number surged to $4.6 trillion in 2018, the Nation

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is

When faced with a contamination or off-spec claim at the discharge port, the onus is on the vessel to show that the condition of the cargo has not changed between loading and discharge, and properly taken load port samples can provide such

The largest cohort of 27 port masters, harbour masters and middle managers from maritime and port authorities from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America and Oceania attended the sixth Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (M

The American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (American Club), has appointed additional staff at its Hong Kong branch. Vicky Cheng and Joe Wan have been appointed as business development executives Asia to assist

From new markets to new technology the territorys logistics sector has a number of reasons to be cheerful, writes Keith Wallis Hong Kongs logistics industry, long considered one of the territorys four economic pillars, faces significant cha