1.The Hong Kong Legislative Council has recently approved the Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation,extending the 0.5% sulphur limit standard from ships berthed at port to ships generally operating in Hong Kong waters. From 1s

Taiwanese container carrier Wan Hai Lines confirmed an order of 20 container vessels with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS) and China Shipbuilding Trading Company (CSTC). During the contract signing

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore informed that the Port Master prohibits all vessels from transiting, anchoring or remaining within specific areas in the Eastern Anchorage (AEW) and Eastern Holding C Anchorage (AEHC). The prohib

China has received its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States since it imposed in mid-September a 10-percent tariff on U.S. LNG imports in the heated tit-for-tat trade tariffs this summer, Reuters reported, citing

The industry is anxious about ships potentially being penalised if, despite their best efforts, ships are unable to be fully compliant with the 0.50% sulphur limit. Naturally, the industry wants reassurance that port State control (PSC) aut

Taiwanese ocean shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation said that its 3rd quarter net loss after tax for Q3 was USD 30 million, a reduction of 76.16% compared to last quarter, and USD 220 million for the nine-month period. H

Tokyo Leading classification society ClassNK and TV Rheinland have concluded a worldwide partnership agreement for cybersecurity services. ClassNK is a classification society which carries out surveys to help ensure the safety of vessels an

1.The Danish shipping company TORM established a joint venture with scrubber manufacturer ME Production and Guangzhou Shipyard International,to manufacture scrubbers to reduce sulphur emissions in respect of the IMO 2020 limit. 2.HONG KONGs

While all eyes are on 2020 and the introduction of the IMOs global sulphur cap, Hong Kong and Taiwan are aligning their emission regulations with the Chinese Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements and will implement a local 0.50% sulphur

Industry-leading ZPMC harbors intelligent solutions, strong competition Amid a slowing port industry due to the growing anti-globalization factor in the international community, global port operators are ramping up efforts to promote the sm

Once a small backward fishing town off the Arabian Sea in Pakistans southwest Balochistan province, Gwadar now is rising fast in the economic landscape of the country and is attracting more businessmen by offering numerous business opportun

Did you know that states that are parties to MARPOL Annex VI are supposed to inform the International Maritime Organization of the availability of compliant fuel oils in their ports? There is, in fact, an established mechanism to do so and

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapores (MPA) training arm MPA Academy (MPAA) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), are jointly organising the 8th Maritime Public Leaders Programme (MPLP) from 12 to 16 November 2018. Support

Coal handling capacity at Caofeidian Port Phase II was expected to exceed 32 million tonnes in 2018. Over January-October, it has reached 26 million tonnes accumulatively, exceeding the total volume in the preceding year and completing the

Chinas iron ore futures ended higher on Friday. The most active contract for January, 2019 delivery finished the day session 1.94 percent higher at 525 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign inves