1.One 3824kW ASD tugboat named ”Da Gun Lun 1” which was designed and built by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard for Tianjin linGang Shipping Co.,Ltd was delivered successfully,starting the sail smoothly.
2.CPC Corporation Taiwan (CPC) is claiming to be the first company to operate diesel electric-powered tankers over 500 dwt. The 2,900 dwt Chung Yu No 21 and Chung Yu No 22 were built specifically to deliver bunkers in the port of Kaohsiung.And the new tankers are part of a port area air pollution improvement policy by Maritime Port Bureau of Kaohsiung.
3.In a paper issued on Monday the Financial Services Development Council has set out a series of radical proposals, which clearly seek to redress the ground that Hong Kong has lost to Singapore over the past two decades and aim to enhance Hong Kong as a competitive maritime centre.
4.Steel prices in China are showing signs of recovering as market demand picked up in April, but continued excessive supply in the industry will keep a lid on price rises in the long run, the latest data from an industry association showed.
5.TAIWAN's TS Lines has acquired 1,000 PrimeLINE container refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold, effectively raising its refrigerated cargo capacity by one-quarter.
6.US soybean exports were a big casualty of the escalating trade tensions between the US and China but are now set to benefit from Beijing’s pledge to import more American goods.After two days of talks, China said it agreed to “meaningful increases in U.S. agriculture and energy exports”.
7.OOCL has received the 2017 Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE) Gold Award in the Transport and Logistics Sector category at a ceremony held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
8.China's scientific research ship, Xiangyanghong 01, returned to the port of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province on Friday after completing the first around-the-world maritime research that integrated oceanic and polar research.
Sources:XINDE MARINE NEWS
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