Ship owners need more than a simple warning from regulators as new rules affecting global shipping operations come into play they need stronger support, according to Panos Kirnidis, CEO of Palau International Ship Registry (PISR). My freque

Nansha International Cruise Home Port, an international cruise home port, is expected to commence operations in Nansha of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, in November this year, according to sources with the port development co

Sailing the direct sea freight route between Taiwans Kaohsiung and Fujians Pingtan of east China, a freighter from Kaohsiung arrived at Pingtan port on its second voyage on Sunday. The goods included almost ten kinds of fresh agricultural a

Chinas iron ore futures ended lower on Monday. The most active contract for May delivery finished the day session 1.32 percent lower at 598.5 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors since

Two senior managers at Hong Kongs Wallem Group were shown the door on Friday (22 November). David Price, managing director of the ship management division, and director of Sales and Marketing Nigel Moore have left the company at the behest

1.Netherlands accedes to Hong Kong Convention.The International Maritime Organizations (IMO) Hong Kong Convention has received another boost with the accession of the Netherlands. 2.More than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves

On the afternoon of February 21, Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong met with Mr. Wang Qingxian, a member of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee. The two si

Chinas cargo throughput at ports grew by 9.1 percent to around 1.14 billion metric tons in January compared with the same period last year, official data showed. At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) expanded the st

Chinese steel and steel-making raw material prices rose on February 25, buoyed by positive market sentiment as Beijing and Washington moved closer to a trade deal. US President Donald Trump said on February 24 he would delay an increase in

More than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves have been confirmed at a gas filed in north Chinas Bohai Bay, according to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the largest offshore oil and gas producer in the country

The cargo throughput of Taicang port in Jiangsu province saw double-digit growth in the first month of 2019, local media reported on Feb 21. Some 21.14 million tons of cargo were delivered in the same period at the port, a year-on-year incr

Capesize Gloom continued to beset the market for the big ships, with Dalian port last week imposing a ban on Australian coal imports and capping coal imports from all sources by the end of 2019 at 12 million tonnes. It was also another week

The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong with the 126 members of Chinas 35th research mission to Antarctica on board ended on Friday a nine-day odyssey through the infamous roaring forties. Xuelong is taking the Chinese researchers back to home. The

It has been more than two years since the publication of the Ship Market Trend. The data quoted in the book was as of 2016. Now we have entered 2019, the full years data of 2017 and 2018 are available. If the method introduced in the book i

Customs at Chinas northern Dalian port has banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports for 2019 through its harbours at 12 million tonnes, an official at Dalian Port Group told Reuters on February 21. The indefinite