LAUNCH OF JOINT CONCENTRATED INSPECTION CAMPAIGN ON MARPOL Annex VI 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 MAR

Panama Canal registered the transit of its 4,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal on July 29, with the transit of the liquefied natural gas tanker Maria Energy from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The Maria Energy was follo

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL) has announced coming changes in its transpacific and Middle East services to improve schedule reliability and expand market coverage. Thus, the Pacific China North 1 (PCN1) service will omit

Domestic spot steel prices inched up, as stocks declined much faster than previously expected amid a turnover in transaction. While iron ore market was on a roll as entire stocks remained high. The comprehensive index of domestic spot steel

1.Hong Kong has released its Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation that requires all ocean-going vessels to comply with the 0.5 per cent sulphur in fuel oil limit when visiting the port, from January 1, 2019. 2.Conta

Chinas imported iron ore market was reined by wait-and-see attitude. Traders were cautious in quoting in spite of marked price hike last Friday, trading remained slim. Some traders in Shandong raised quotations by RMB10/tonne. The productio

The outgoing secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping, Peter Hinchliffe and his heir apparent, Guy Platten are taking a breather during a whistle-stop tour of Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. Their purpose is to offer feedb

A ship sails in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea. China said on Monday its dispatching of a rescue ship to the Nansha Islands shows its commitment to fulfilling its duty in the South China Sea. Dispatched by the Nanhai Re

China transported 23.21 billion tons of freight in the first half of the year, up 6.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Transport on July 26. Ports above scale handled 6.54 billion tons of cargo during the same period of ti

More cargo ships from the Chinese mainland heading to Europe have been transiting via Kaohsiung port in Taiwan in recent years, workers at the port said on Monday. More and more freighters are running from the Chinese mainland to Europe, Ja

The city of Chongqing, one of Chinas four mega-cities under the direct administration of the central government, is seeking to play a bigger role in the shipping of the Yangtze River, a major waterway that links the landlocked western area

Liberia is the fastest growing major open registry in 2018 in both the shipping and offshore sectors, according to leading shipping services provider Clarksons in its Clarksons World Fleet Monitor June 2018. Alfonso Castillero, CCO of the L

Hong Kong has released its Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation that requires all ocean-going vessels to comply with the 0.5 per cent sulphur in fuel oil limit when visiting the port, from January 1, 2019. The regulation stat

COSCO SHIPPING Lines is in the process of getting its Americas business back under control following last weeks cyber attack.The shipping company expects to have communication with customers back on track this week. And the company made the

1.COSCO SHIPPING Lines’network applications in the Americas have been totally recovered.And there has been a further increase in service response. 2.The Hong Kong-based maritime transport company Pacific Basin Shipping, has announce