Chinas imported iron ore market extended steadiness in the morning as spot trade yesterday showed signs of weakness. Iron ore demand continued to be hindered by sintering cut in Tangshan and local mills are not in a hurry to stock up. The u

China National Offshore Oil Corps liquefied natural gas terminal in the southern city of Shenzhen became operational on Wednesday, to help meet Chinas growing appetite for natural gas as the government sees a growing role for the clean fuel

The BIMCO President, Mr Anastasios Papagiannopoulos and ECSA President, Mr Panos Laskarides met in Athens recently to discuss areas of cooperation and further alignment between the two leading associations representing shipowners globally a

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Chinas major oil and gas giants expect their net profits and net incomes to surge for the first half of this year, benefiting from the revival in crude oil prices, but analysts believe high earnings growth will be hard to maintain in the se

The worlds largest ship-lift in the Three Gorges, central Chinas Hubei Province, has greatly boosted Yangtze River shipping but it is over demand. Designed jointly by a Chinese-German team, the lift has greatly reduced the time for ships pa

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with soybean prices falling nearly 2% amid flared up trade tensions. The most active soybean contract for the November delivery plunged 17.25 cents, or 1.88%

Russian gas firm Novatek earlier announced that the Rusanov and its sister ship Eduard Toll had left the frozen Arctic without an icebreaker escort. The first official Yamal LNG delivery to China took place in April, when the Pskov travelle

Chinas imported iron ore market gradually entered a stalemate after last weeks marked price hike. Traders tend to quote and boost sales, while steel mills showed no eagerness to stock up. The price gap between PB fines and alternatives such

1.The Maritime Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on MARPOL Annex VI from 1 September 2018 and ending 30 November 2

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Aerial photo shows the Yangshan Deep Water Port, an automated container terminal, in east Chinas Shanghai. Built on the Bigger and Lesser Yangshan Isles south of Shanghai, the Yangshan Deep Water Port has benefited the citys maritime trade

International technology group GEA signed a contract for its new transcritical CO2 industrial refrigeration technology, with PO Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation PLC, the worlds largest commercial cruise ship operator. The green refrige

Chinas iron ore futures ended flat on Tuesday. The most active contract for September delivery remained unchanged at 488 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors since May 2018. Sources:cc

The image from Internet for reference only. Chinese research vessel Dayang Yihao (Ocean No.1) departed from east Chinas Qingdao city on Tuesday, heading for northwest Pacific ocean for its 48th deep-sea mission. The 48th mission aims to con