1.COSCO Shipping will add a call to Port Tampa Bay on its Gulf of Mexico Express (GME) transpacific service, with the first vessel, the 4,250-TEU Cosco Piraeus, scheduled to arrive in Tampa on January 28.
2.China will soon deliver a world-class ship to a Swedish company, taking another step closer to China's aspiration to becoming a supplier of high-end vessels.
3.OCIMF and Intertanko issued a report presenting a system for assessing competency in seafarers, highlighting that behaviour and attitude are key elements of a positive safety culture. The paper provides guidance on how to assess and verify seafarers’ behavioural competence.
4.China's iron ore futures finished higher on Friday.The most active contract for May 2019 delivery ended the day session up 1.26% to 482 yuan per ton.
5.The world's largest crankshaft for 22,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container ship rolled off the production line in Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Thursday.
6.Spot rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday jumped 7.5 per cent to US$832 per TEU, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI).
7.Asian shipping is expressing more confidence in the new year than its global counterparts, according to the latest Confidence Survey issued by international accountant and shipping advisor Moore Stevens.
8.BEIJING——China's natural gas storage capacity exceeds 16 bcm this year, the state planner said in a press conference on Friday.
XINDE MARINE NEWS editor：Anita
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