1.Chinas state-owned shipping giant Cocso Shipping is to work with Hainan province to jointly promote localised shipping and port asset optimisation and consolidation. 2.China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the energy transport unit of C

Loaded with food, clothing and furniture, shipping company MSCs Seaspan New York left Xiamen port in East Chinas Fujian province in early April. It is the first route that the worlds second-largest shipping company has opened to link Xiamen

Another two 2,200-unit car carrier ships will join the Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers fleet by the end of this year, according to Yan Maifeng, the captain of Chang Rong Kou. The 4,100-unit PCTC Chang Rong Kou is part of the current fle

Chinas container transport for export purposes edged up for the week ending Friday, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) stood at 804.46, up 1.6 percent from a week earlier, the e

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) which represents the worlds national shipowner associations remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2008, in line with the UN Interna

Spot rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday was down 5.9 per cent to US$723 per TEU, off 27 per cent since the start of the year, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI). As

Chinas crude oil futures settled higher on Friday. The most active contract for June 2019 delivery gained 1.47 percent to 512 yuan per barrel, data from the Shanghai International Energy Exchange showed. China launched its first yuan-denomi

47 students received the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapores (MPA) Global Internship Award (GIA) on 17 May 2019. This is the sixth year of the MPA GIA which sees students from multi-disciplines, ranging from IT and computer science to

CNOOC Gas Power has recently completed maintenance works at its Tianjin liquefied natural gas import terminal. The maintenance was completed during a four-day period before the gas flows to the national transmission network resumed on April

1.Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), the flagship yard of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), has started a research and development program for the construction of large-scale LNG carriers. 2.Chinese state-run shipping conglo

The Port of Hong Kong clocked up its 16th consecutive month of declining box volumes in April. The Kwai Tsing terminals accounted for 1.215m teu, recording a 5.2% drop in box throughput, as midstream volumes increased by 6.5% to 340,000 teu

On May 9, 2019, Mr Wang Yongxin, President of China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) visited Mr Yi Tiejun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Hitech Industrial Co., Ltd. in Beijing. The two parties entered into a

The Chinese port of Guangzhou and Brazilian port of Acu signed an agreement Wednesday to establish a sister-port relationship. The agreement was signed at the 2019 World Ports Conference, which opened Wednesday in Guangzhou, capital of sout

Huangpu Port in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is sparing no efort in developing emerging industries as part of efforts for it to become a modern innovation zone in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and a new trade

Taiwans clean energy plan, low reliance on coal, uncertainty on the future of nuclear energy and rising electricity demand collectively signal higher LNG demand in the country. In Asia, even as China leads the charge towards becoming the la