Spot rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday dropped 1.7 per cent to US$979 per TEU, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI). Asia-Mediterranean trade declined 1.7 per cent t

Chinas manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep-Sea Warrior) finished its first diving this year on Tuesday in southwest Indian Ocean with a harvest of deep-sea samples. The submersible was placed into the sea at 07:30, and dived for over n

S ingapores 2018 Maritime Performance Sustained overall growth; container throughput grew by 8.7 per cent The Port of Singapore maintained a stable performance in 2018. Container throughput grew by 8.7 per cent to 36.6 million twenty-foot e

Chinas foreign trade volume reached 30.51 trillion yuan in 2018, up 9.7 percent year-on-year, reaching a record high in import and export volume, said Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), at a news confere

1.Chinas latest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Fanfei was delivered to its user on Tuesday at the Changxing Island of Shanghai.The 290-meter-long carrier is the same size as a medium aircraft carrier.The maximum LNG it can hold is 104

Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar, conducted by Xinde Marine News, sponsored by LeesGreen Ballast Water Management, Pure Ocean Tecnology and with supporters of the Marshall Islands Registry and DNV GL, has ended with great success on

After three months of dredging test, Tiankun, Asias largest cutter-section dredger, returned to Qidong shipyard in East Chinas Jiangsu province on Wednesday and will be put into operation soon. During the test, the Tiankun intelligent dredg

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the countrys biggest geothermal developer, is pumping 130 million cubic meters of natural gas a day, in an effort to meet demand during the peak winter season. All of the companys gas fields and

Chinas iron ore futures closed lower on Thursday. The most active contract for May 2019 delivery finished the day session down 1.17 percent to 506.5 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investor

Chinas latest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Fanfei was delivered to its user on Tuesday at the Changxing Island of Shanghai. The 290-meter-long carrier is the same size as a medium aircraft carrier. The maximum LNG it can hold is 104

YANGTZE River cargo volume again set an annual record in 2018, up 7.6 per cent year on year to 2.69 billion tonnes, according to Chinas Ministry of Transport. The river also carried 6.1 per cent more containers year on year to 17.50 million

1.Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar, conducted by Xinde Marine News, sponsored by LeesGreen Ballast Water Management, Pure Ocean Tecnology and with supporters of the Marshall Islands Registry and DNV GL, starts on Jan 11th, 2019 in D

As theres no extension to the IMO 2020 Sulphur regulation, shipowners and shipping companies should create a ship implementation plan. The 3 month grace period till March 20 should be fully utilised to show diligence to compliance. The most

Maersk and other carriers in the industry are working to improve safety and reliability in the Containerized Maritime Supply Chain, by verifying that cargo descriptions match actual contents of the container and that the contents of the con

1 January 2019 Resolution A.1116(30): Escape Route Signs and Equipment Location Markings To ensure uniformity of safety signs with ISO standards, the IMO has introduced updated signs and graphic symbols that should be used to mark the locat