On May 20, Port State Control(PSC) online seminar between TheMaritimeSafety Administrationof the People Republic of China and the Danish Maritime Authoritywas held successfully. Representatives of The Danish Maritime Authority, Royal Danish

The 37 deals worth 27 billion yuan ($4 billion) signed on Friday will bring industrial development and urban construction projects to Lin-gang Special Area of the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone, experts said. In an online event, 37 compan

The Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on Greenhouse Gases (GHG) ISWG-GHG 12 marks the third substantive discussion on mid-term measures (MTM), and the shift from phase 1 to phase 2 of the workplan adopted at MEPC76. The meeting concluded

Hong Kong-listed ship leasing firm CSSC Shipping has ordered four 1,100 feeder containerships to be built by its parent company, China State Shipbuilding Corporations Wuchang Shipbuilding. The transaction, worth a little over US91m, is bein

Every Barrel Is Needed Whilst many members of the OPEC+ group are struggling to achieve its allotted output quota, one country that has been able to is Iraq. In April, the country managed to achieve crude production of 4.43 million bpd, an

ABS is supporting McAllister on its sustainability journey with greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services for its fleet of more than 75 tugboats, crew boats and barges. ABS specialists worked with McAllisters team to ca

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), today announced the launch of Smart Port Challenge (SPC) 2022 under Port Innovation Ecosystem Reim

Globus Maritime Limited, a dry bulk shipping company, announcedthat it has signed two contracts for the construction and purchase of two fuel efficient bulk carriers of about 64,000 DWT each. The sister ships will be built at Nantong COSCO

Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said demand for transport services will surge in Chinas Yangtze River Delta region in the coming weeks, as a growing number of manufacturers in Shanghai have relaunched operations, said

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index rose on Thursday, due to higher rates for all vessels. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels, was up 100 points, or 3.1%, at 3,28

Asian Shipowners Association (ASA) held its 31st Annual General Meeting online on 19 May 2022. The meeting was hosted by the Korea Shipowners Association (KSA) and attended by representatives from all ASA member associations. The focus of t

The Poseidon Principles are a framework for measuring and publicly reporting the carbon footprint of financial institutions shipping portfolios. With DekaBank as the latest Signatory, the Poseidon Principles are now estimated to cover over

Long-term reefer rates soar to all-time highs on US West Coast to Far East trades According to the latest crowd-sourced data from Xeneta, long-term rates for reefer containers on the key US West Coast to Far East route soared almost 60% in

Chinas first unmanned intelligent scientific researchshipwas launched in Guangzhou, south Chinas Guangdong Province on Wednesday, marking that the building of theships main structure has been completed and the installation and testing phase

Recently, multiple embassy of China have issued the adjustment of requirements for seafarers to China through their WeChat official accounts. The Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China in the United Arab Emirates will no longer require se