The Panama Canal is designed as a shortcut. Its the most impressive shortcut ever built in the history of mankind. For shippers sending U.S. liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to Asia, it drastically reduces voyage time. But

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the countrys largest oil and gas company, reported a 10% year-on-year increase in gas production during the first half of 2019 and the volumes accounted for 70.3% of the countrys total natural gas produ

Ports in Guangxi in southern China and Jingtang port have halted custom declarations for all coal imports effective Monday, close on the heels of similar curbs at a northern port, stoking fears of wider restrictions for imported coal, marke

OOCL will be extending our North Europe service network to the East Indian Subcontinent by introducing our new Middle East / Indian Subcontinent North Europe Service (IP3) to be launched in October, 2019. The IP3 is the only dedicated East

On 11 July 2019, Mr Xie Chunlin, Chairman of CMES, attended the signing ceremony held in Ningbo for the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement between CMES and the China Waterborne Transport Research Institute (WTI). Mr Zhang Baoliang, V

1.On July 18th, YangShan International Seamens Club was unveiled at Yangshan Port. This is a 30-year-old seafarer service center that has once again opened up in Shanghai. It is also the only seafarer service station in Shanghai. 2.The Trad

The Frank Coles-led Wallem Group is rolling out cloud-based software to reduce paperwork and streamline workflows across its ship agency business. Simplifying the management of documentation and actions required in port calls in a unified s

Chinas iron ore futures steadied on July 18, with market participants reassessing the supply outlook amid indications of a rebound in shipments of the steelmaking raw material from Australia and Brazil. The most-actively traded September ir

Marshall Islands-incorporated Global Ship Lease (GSL) has agreed a new charter for the 2003-built, 2,207 TEU GSL Keta. The containership charter owner said in a press release that commencing in late July, the vessel will be chartered for mi

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has condemned recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman. The Council of the UN body expressed its concern over the grave danger to life and the

On July 18th, YangShan International Seamens Club was unveiled at Yangshan Port. This is a 30-year-old seafarer service center that has once again opened up in Shanghai. It is also the only seafarer service station in Shanghai. In order to

At a meeting last week of the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct Group, the Member States reviewed and positively assessed the proposed amendments to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Economic Substance Regulations promulgated by

East Chinas Shandong Province is giving full play to its advantages in developing the marine economy as it switches gear to new growth drivers, provincial officials said. Shandong saw marine economy output grow to 1.55 trillion yuan (about

1.Taicang Port and Jintan Port, two major Yangtze river ports in Jiangsu, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly promote within the river-ocean container shipping business. 2.Germany joins the Hong Kong Convention for safe

FortisBC said it has entered into its first term supply agreement to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Top Speed Energy Corp. to export to China. This term supply agreement was made possible by the completion of the Tilbury LNG expans