Chinas marine economy saw steady progress with the gross ocean product rising 6.8 percent year on year to near 6 trillion yuan ($864.6 billion) in the first three quarters, data showed Monday. Major marine enterprises monitored by the gover

After more than 23 years of service, Alan Lo, the Director of Norths Hong Kong office, retired on 30 November. Alan has served the Club and its members with distinction throughout this period and has been a respected ambassador and a good f

With the international push to achieve more sustainable shipping and more stringent shipping regulations, the shipping industryfrom designers and builders to shipyards and ship ownersfaces increasing pressure to improve fuel efficiency and

Sources at Chinas Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), the country intends to ban the use of open-loop scrubbers along its rivers. MSA officials are likely to announce the ban in the new year, while no long-term decision has been made on o

Technological innovation and the global introduction of alternative fuels and/or energy sources for international shipping will be integral to achieving the overall ambition in the Initial International Maritime Organization (IMO) Strategy

From November 29 to 30, local time, the 2nd EU-China CEO and Former Senior Officials Dialogue was held in Brussels, Belgium. The event was co-hosted by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and Business Europe. Mr. Y

The exports of ships in Fujian reached 4.71 billion yuan ($685.6 million) in value from January to October, up 76.7 percent compared to the same period last year, statistics from the Xiamen Customs show. The figure for the month of October

Russian oil giant Rosneft said that China National Chemical, known as ChemChina, agreed to purchase 2.4 million tons a year of crude oil. That amount is equivalent to 6% of Rosnefts total exports to China in 2017. Crude oil from Eastern Sib

1.A delegation headed by Zhu Weiming, president of Zhoushan-based Zhejiang Seaport Bulk Commodity Exchange Co, recently visited Taicang port area with the aim of deepening cooperation with its Jiangsu counterpart. 2.On November 28,local tim

Below is the transcript of an interview with PILs Executive Chairman, SS Teo and Founder, YC Chang. The interview will play out in CNBCs latest episode of Managing Asia on 16 November 2018, 6.30PM SG/HK (in APAC) and 11.00PM BST time (in EM

Liberian Corporate Registry appointed Anthony Perea as Managing Director. Anthony was previously Managing Director at global corporate and fiduciary services provider AMICORP, where he was head of institutional sales for the Americas, Latin

Spot rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday increased 1.2 per cent to US$747 per TEU, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI). Asia-Mediterranean trade also up 3.7 per cent

Ocean carriers sold half of this years containerships for scrap in the last 30 days, after a slow year for recycling cellular vessels, reports Washington DCs Supply Chain Dive. Some 52 ships totalling 94,000 TEU, were sold for scrap in 2018

Chinas efforts to secure a stable supply of natural gas during the coming winter have pushed the market players to explore new avenues of supply. In a new attempt to alleviate gas shortages in the North, Chinas National Development and Refo

Blue Whale 1, the ultra-deep-water semisubmersible drilling rig, stood out from 2,528 entries to become one of the 10 winners of the 2018 China excellent industrial design award at Chinas industrial design exhibition. The Second China Indus