A brand new global initiative from international maritime charity Sailors Society, Wellness at Sea Week, from 4 - 10 Nov, will highlight the issue of crew wellness Following on from successful conferences in Singapore and London, Sailors So

Swire Groups shipping arm establishes presence in Shanghai where it was founded 147 years ago Singapore, Shanghai The China Navigation Company (CNCo) opened its China headquarters officially in Shanghai on 05 November 2018, marking a signif

On 14-16 November the World Ocean Council brings its renowned Sustainable Ocean Summit 2018 to Hong Kong for the first time. Chaired by Hong Kongs very own Kenneth Koo of TCC Group, SOS has gathered together a remarkable group of industry l

OceanGuardBallast Water Management System, an independently developed product of Headway Technology Co., Ltd. has just obtained the U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval. With the obtaining of USCG type approval and certificates from other 15major

Under a shipbuilding contract, the focus of the parties involved has always been on the way the funds are raised and also on ensuring the safety of the paid-in funds. Statistics from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Indust

Chinas imports of services climbed 8.9 percent year on year to 2.61 trillion yuan (about 378 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of the year, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. Service exports rose

Chinas iron ore futures ended lower on Wednesday. The most active contract for January, 2019 delivery finished the day session 0.58 percent lower at 511 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign inve

Tokyo ClassNK Archive Center (NKAC) has stored the first Ship Construction Files (SCF) complying with IMO Global Based Standards (GBS) for the NACKS-built 311,000 DWT VLCC delivered on 26 October 2018, managed by MOL Tankship Management (As

ONE is awarded the ISO 14001:2015 certification by ClassNK Ocean Network Express (ONE) has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001:2015 certification by ClassNK. The certificate delivering ceremony held o

1.OceanGuard Ballast Water Management System, an independently developed product of Headway Technology Co., Ltd. has just obtained the U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval. 2.On November 6th, DP World, HUTCHSIONPORTS,PSA, SIPG,CMA-CGM,COSCO Shipp

On November 6th, DP World, HUTCHSIONPORTS,PSA, SIPG,CMA-CGM,COSCO Shipping Lines, Evergreen,OOCL,YangMing and CargoSmart signed the Declaration of INTENT to form Global Shipping Business Network, the 1st blockchain consortium in shipping in

Carnival Corporation plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has announced that its cruise joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) will launch this week under the name CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited.The new China-based

In an emergency it is vital to know the position of key elements in the engineroom. A new virtual reality start-up could be a life saver Not all sailors are good sailors was a comment made to me once at a conference. The speaker was an engi

Taicang Port recently leaped to 31st in the One Hundred Ports 2018 list of Lloyds List, a world-renowned shipping journal based in the United Kingdom, up four rankings on last year and ranking 12th among domestic container ports, local medi

China will encourage mergers and consolidations among central government-held shipping companies, the head of the state assets regulator said on Tuesday. Xiao Yaqing, chief of state-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (SAS