Chinas goods trade went up 9.1 percent year on year to 19.43 trillion yuan (about 2.85 trillion US dollars) in the first eight months of this year, customs data showed Saturday. Exports rose 5.4 percent year on year in the January-August pe

1.US energy giant ExxonMobil said on Wednesday it has signed a preliminary deal to build a petrochemical complex and invest in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in China. 2.Shipping Innovation Alliance was officially established

China is launching its first domestically built research icebreaker, Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, on Monday, and plans to officially put it into service in the first half of 2019, according to its builder. A launch ceremony for the vessel w

Chinas iron ore futures market saw large fluctuations before closing today. Traders quotations in the morning remained unchanged from that of yesterday and they had willingness to held lump and pellet prices firm. In Shandong, prices of PB

Since China Merchants Port (CMP) set up shop in Paranagua, things have picked up in this small southern Brazilian city of 151,000 residents. In February, the company acquired a 30-year concession for 90 percent of the Paranagua Container Te

Chinas container transport for export purposes gained momentum in August, according to data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Export Containerized Freight Index stood at 830.22 points in August, up 1.2 percent from a mo

Cumulative warehousing of bonded mixed ore in Dalian Port of northeast Chinas Liaoning Province had exceeded 20 million tons from April last year to August this year. This makes Dalian Port the first in China to reach such a storage capacit

Over 90% of the worlds merchant shipping tonnage is classified by the 12 member societies of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). Dedicated to safe ships and clean seas, IACS makes a unique contribution to marit

Avocados, fish, blueberries today, consumers all over the world expect to be able to buy the freshest products at their local supermarket throughout the year. This, of course, would be impossible without reefer containers transporting tempe

A vessel from China arrived at Lebanons Tripoli port Thursday to unload products for the local market and transport containers to other ports in the region, National News Agency reported. This proves once again the importance of Tripoli por

Chinas iron ore futures settled higher on Friday. The most active contract for January 2019 delivery ended the day session up 0.5 percent at 498 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors si

1.After a 33-day voyage,Chinese ice-class cargo ship Tian En,designated to transport cargo via the northeastern shipping route of the Polar Silk Road,arrived Thursday at Rouen port, France, where part of the cargo will be unloaded. 2.DNV GL

US energy giant ExxonMobil said on Wednesday it has signed a preliminary deal to build a petrochemical complex and invest in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in China. The agreement worth billions of dollars with the southern G

Drewry maintains a positive outlook on the dry bulk market and expects charter rates to improve from current levels, driven by moderate increases in vessel demand and low growth in vessel supply as a result of restrained new ordering and a

After a 33-day voyage, Chinese ice-class cargo ship Tian En, designated to transport cargo via the northeastern shipping route of the Polar Silk Road, arrived Thursday at Rouen port, France, where part of the cargo will be unloaded. In Janu