1.A subsidiary of Qingdao Port Group (QPG) has signed a long-term lease deal with Petrobras for four crude tanks at the Chinese port, signalling further longhaul tanker trades between China and Brazil.
2.China's most advanced manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi or Deep Sea Warrior reached a milestone on Wednesday as it completed its 100th dive in the southwestern part of the Indian Ocean.
3.CNOOC Gas & Power, a unit of China National Offshore Oil Corp, said on December 12 its daily supply of natural gas had surpassed 200 million cubic meters for the first time as temperatures plummeted in northern China.
4.Wuhan Shipping Exchange has launched three Yangtze River shipping indexes, namely WSCFI (Wuhan Shipping Container Freight Index), CCSFI (China Coal Shipping Freight Index) and CARPI
(Changjiang Automobile-roro Prosperity Index), to promote shipping industry development of Wuhan and the Yangtze.
5.The Singapore Maritime Gallery will host its inaugural exhibition “Sampan Girl Smiles”, a showcase jointly curated by the Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) and the Institute of Ancient Chinese Ships (Ninghai Maritime Museum).
6.A ceremony celebrating the completion of the Yamal Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, a major energy cooperation project between China and Russia, was held Tuesday in Russia's Sabetta sea port, marking a new phase of the two countries' energy cooperation in the Arctic area.
7.The Swedish Club informs that by 1 January 2019 there will be a supplementary IMSCB(International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code) for coal.Namely,coal will not only be categorized as a chemical hazard cargo(Group B) but will also fall into Group A (liquefaction).
8.Hong Kong’s Gulf Oil Marine,a leading provider of marine lubricants,this week launched it’s 2020 Ship Implementation Plan Toolkit. The new documentation platform aims to provide guidelines to ship operators and managers as they prepare their vessels compliance plans for IMO’s 2020 global 0.5% emissions regulations.
XINDE MARINE NEWS editor：Anita
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