China Shipping bulletins on March 13,2020

1.Coronavirus infections in China have markedly declined in recent weeks, but the Asian giant’s economic recovery may be held back by the global outbreak, 

2.Taiwan's Evergreen has rolled out online booking platform, GreenX to provide shippers and forwarders "instant" quotes and allow them to book space "with prioritised equipment within minutes".

3.The 70,000 DWT wood chips ship was launched on 10th March 2020, this is the first of the series ordered by NOVA in June 2018.

4.Hong Kong's medical experts on Thursday said that to stop the further spread of the novel coronavirus, the government should tighten up port quarantine measures for overseas arrivals

5.Even before the effects of the coronavirus, the ‘Phase One’ agreement between China and the US failed to boost volumes of the implicated goods in January.

6.The IMO Headquarters building is closed to visitors and staff, on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 March, as a precautionary measure due to the COVID-19 virus. 

7.Viking Cruises announced it is cancelling cruises through April 30, becoming the first major cruise line to take such drastic measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

8.The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose on Thursday, helped by higher rates for capesize and supramax vessels.

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