The shipping industry is suffering under the fact that stowage planning is not supported by a standard reference that planners can use to optimise vessel utilisation. According to Rune Mller Jensen, chief author of the book Container Vessel

Amid increasing signs of Chinas industrial slowdown in 2019, data this week showing record oil and natural gas imports likely indicates a country at peak energy growth, with its thirst set to wane as the slowdown bites. Chinas record intake

Chinas iron ore futures finished lower on Tuesday. The most active contract for May 2019 delivery finished the day session down 1.31 percent to 526 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors

Hamburg Sd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo), a subsidiary of the Swire Group, today announced an agreement for CNCo to acquire the bulk shipping business in Hamburg Sd which includes Rudolf A. Oetker (RAO), Furness Withy Chartering a

Qingdao Port International Co Ltd, operator of the worlds seventh busiest port by shipping volume, was officially listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday. The companys stock price surged by 44.03 percent to reach 6.64 yuan ($0.98) p

1.China plans new round of consolidation for maritime sector.Beijing is planning new consolidation for several industries to further push forward its strategy to optimise state-owned assets and industrial structure,Chinas State-owned Assets

Chinas Xuelong, polar icebreaker, collided with an iceberg on its 35th Antarctic research mission due to thick fog, said Chinas Ministry of Natural Resources Monday on its website. The collision happened at around 11 a.m. (BJT), on January

Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Health, announced two initiatives for the maritime industry at the Singapore Shipping Associations (SSA) Annual Lunar New Year Cocktail Reception this evening. The two initiatives,

The diminishing natural gas demand over the course of the current winter has forced China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to sell a cargo of liquefied natural gas on standby offshore South Korea. Citing Refinitiv Eikon data as well as so

Taiwan imported 15.65 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the January-November period, up 1.6 percent from the same period in the year before, according to the customs data. During the month of November 2018, Taiwan imported 1.

Chinas oil and gas industry is set to reinforce efforts to reduce environmental impacts of its projects and operationsin 2019, said a research. According to a new research from DNV GL, six in ten (61%) senior oil and gas professionals in Ch

Chinas iron ore futures ended higher on Monday. The most active contract for May, 2019 delivery finished the day session 2.21 percent higher at 533 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors

According to the bureaus report, there were 201 incidents reported to the bureau last year (including six hijackings) - all of which happened in the Gulf of Guinea. That is a rise from 180 incidents in 2017 and from 191 in 2016. The report

On the morning of 18th Jan., a delegation led by H.E. Loke Siew Fook, Minister of Transport of Malaysia, visited COSCO SHIPPING Headquarters. Mr. Yu Zenggang, Executive Vice President of COSCO SHIPPING, met with the delegation and the two s

1.A direct sea freight route opened on Saturday between Taiwans Kaohsiung and Pingtan in Fujian province, drastically shortening shipping times for fresh farm produce from the island to mainland markets. 2.Tianjin 2018 LNG imports hit fresh