Chinese ports have apparently begun testing the ballast water of Japanese ships for radioactive material, after the Japanese government began releasing radioactive water from the quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in late Aug

Data source:China General Administration of Customs, as compiled by Bloomberg, L.P. Record volumes of crude oil were imported into China during the first half of 2023 because of refinery expansions in the country and initiatives to reopen t

Hamburg, Germany, 18 September 2023:Container xChange, an online container logistics platformheld its5thedition of its Ultimate Container Networking Event, the Digital Container Summit 2023 on 13-14 September 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. Indus

Today, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) presented its analysis of the latest marine insurance market trends at its annual conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. All lines of business reported an uplift in their global premium

14 SEPTEMBER 2023. Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation expand the FureBear joint venture with two additional vessel orders, bringing the total newbuild order to ten intermediate product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The two compa

On September 14, CSSC SunRui Marine Environment Engineering, China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing)and Hong Kong Marine Trading held a signing ceremony for the FGSS of 4+2 7400 CEU dual-fuel PCTCs. [Photo:CSSC SunRui] The 4+2 high-press

On August 30, China Merchants Port Holdings Co., Ltd. held its 2023 Interim Results Press Conference in Hong Kong. The conference was chaired by Feng Boming, Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Group and Chairman of CMPorts Board of D

A number of fatalities and serious injuries have occurred across the maritime industry due to parting of mooring lines. Our loss prevention poster highlights the fact that the first line ashore has the highest potential to snap given the le

The first seashipping route connecting East South America and Europe operated by a Chinese company was officially launched on Friday, with the first vessel taking the route setting sail at a port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The vessel, opera

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) will flag the first-ever state-of-the-art 22,000 cubic meters (cbm) liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers whose order was recently announced by Capital Gas Ship Management Corp. The carriers will b

[Photo: Xinhua] Chinese shipyards have accumulated their largest number of LNG newbuild orders till date, positioning them in coming years as an alternative to South Korean yards who currently dominate the LNG ship construction space. While

Traffic Jam The Panama Canal has received much attention recently as low water levels have led to both an increase in transit waiting days as well as the number of vessels waiting to cross. The implications of these difficulties are clear;

On September 15, CSSC Dalian ShipbuildingIndustry, China Shipbuilding Trading and China Merchants Energy Shipping signed an order for a new 306,000dwt methanol dual-fuel powered smart VLCC. [Photo: DSIC] China Merchants Energy Shipping init

Hamburg, 13 September 2023:China to U.S. trade route has been seeing a recent surge in Container Leasing Charge per Route as observed in its September Container Market Forecaster published by Container xChange , an online container logistic

The cargo throughput of Chinas ports has ranked first globally for many consecutive years as the country has launchedshipping routes with over 100 countries and regions, according to an official from the countrys Ministry of Transport (MOT)