The editor has been keeping a particularly tight hand on the purse strings this year. The chance of offering lunch to a Hong Kong maritime luminary, was looking remote until I stumbled upon a notice from the Foreign Correspondents Club. The

Chinese oil and gas company Jereh has been contracted to build 10 LNG fueling stations in Russia, which is believed to be the biggest order for LNG fueling within the Russian market till now. Jereh said on Friday it is going to provide inte

Chinas crude oil futures settled higher on Tuesday. The most active contract for September 2019 delivery increased 0.59 percent to 444.1 yuan per barrel, data from the Shanghai International Energy Exchange showed. China launched its first

1.China saw an overall growth in cargo throughput at ports in the first half of 2019, according to official data released Sunday. 2.Chinese oil and gas company Jereh has been contracted to build 10 LNG fueling stations in Russia, which is b

Halfway through 2019, the bustling market is still full of noise. The mood of shipowners and shipyards fluctuates with various statistics and indexes. Due to the sharp decline of the BDI index at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, t

China saw an overall growth in cargo throughput at ports in the first half of 2019, according to official data released Sunday. Chinese cargo throughput at ports reached about 6.7 billion tonnes in the first six months, up by 4.5 percent co

Iron ore futures in China were firmer in morning trade on July 26, supported by expectations that demand for the steelmaking input in the worlds top steel producer will remain strong as the nation launches more infrastructure projects. Inve

Cosco-owned Orient Overseas Container Line has maintained momentum during the second quarter of 2019. Total box volumes for the second quarter of 2019, grew 4.6% compared with the same period last year to 1,768,848 teu, up from 1,691,538 te

While traditional methods of data collection like noon reports are still common across the maritime industry, it is clear that digitalisation is the future. Moving from traditional to smart operations takes time, but starting the digital jo

Off the coast of Singapore, the worlds largest ship refuelling centre, a bunker barge sidled next to the supertanker Pu Tuo San to fill the giant vessel with a new type of fuel that will meet global standards that start up in January. With

DNV GLs quest to modernize class continues to gain momentum, and more key stakeholders are getting on board. Now the focus is trained on simplifying and streamlining interactions between flag and class. DNV GL met with the management team o

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its Annual Report for 2018 highlighting the work of the branch during the past year. In 2018, 1227 accidents (casualties and incidents) to UK vessels or in UK coastal waters w

Next Tuesday (5 July) marks the 50th anniversary of the container trade in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Maritime Museum will commemorate the occasion. When the SS San Juan berthed at Ocean Terminal in Kowloon on the evening of July 30th, 1969,

Chinas index of export container transport edged up for the week ending Friday, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) stood at 823.95, up 0.9 percent from a week earlier, the excha

MSC Gulsun, the worlds largest container ship by carrying capacity, arrived at the container wharf of Shenzhens Yantian Port in South Chinas Guangdong province on July 23. At 399.9 meters long and 61.5 meters wide, the ship is capable of ca