Japan Marine United Corporation (Japan Marine United Co., Ltd) has delivered a new 3,055 TEU container ship to Wan Hai Lines. Wan Hai Lines has ordered a total of eight container vessels, with a design capacity of 3,055 TEU, from Japan Mari

BIMCO providing information on the latest amendments made to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code for shipment of packaged goods at sea: Amendment 40-20. The IMDG Code entered into its 40th Amendment in 2020 and came into

A Tanker conducting STS Operations in International waters in the Persian Gulf reported a limpet mine attached to the hull of the vessel. Below please find industry guidance following this incident. 2021-01-05 Industry Guidance incident in

The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) has appointed its first permanent representative in China. Well-known naval architect, experienced newbuilding project manager and Mandarin speaker Jonathan Kingdon has taken up the post from his base i

On January 4, the groundbreaking ceremony of CSSC Changxing Shipbuilding Base Phase II project was held on Changxing Island, Shanghai, marking the start of the overall relocation project of Hudong Zhonghua. Hudong Zhonghuas new plant site i

Evergreen Line took delivery of its sixth and seventh new 12,000 TEU class F-type containerships on December 15. Ever Forever was built at the Geoje Shipyard of South Koreas Samsung Heavy Industries, and Ever Far was delivered by Imabari Sh

Cargo throughput at Chinas ports maintained stable growth in the first 11 months of 2020, rising 4.2 percent year-on-year to 13.25 billion tons, official data shows. In November alone, cargo throughput at ports saw a rapid annual increase o

Transport demand surged at the end of the year, and the composite index reached a new high level Ningbo Containerized Freight Index: In the week ending Dec-25, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NB

Seven coal industry groups made a joint announcement on Sunday promising to stabilize coal market and try to control turbulent coal prices to ensure production safety and steady power supply, as coal prices continue to surge caused by risin

The Ministry of Health (MOH) had earlier reported that a marine surveyor and a harbour pilot had tested positive for COVID-19 infection on 30 and 31 December 2020 respectively. Contact tracing is underway to prevent the clusters from spread

In 2020, Chinas shipping industry has undergone profound changes, and a number of important shipping news events have emerged. Based on the statistics of all news released in 2020, Xinde Marine News selected the top 10 shipping news. Affect

On December 28, CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company signed a construction contract for a 4500 m3 trailing suction dredger with CHEC Dredging Co.,Ltd. Since 2000, more than ten medium and large trailing suction dredgers of CCCC Shangh

Benchmark iron ore futures in China fell nearly 6% on Wednesday, after the country urged the steel industry to produce less crude steel next year amid the governments carbon neutrality scheme. The Ministry of Industry and Information Techno

On December 28, Highlander issued an announcement, proposing to issue 79,552,100 shares at a price of 12.5 yuan per share to Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group, raising 994 million yuan for replenishment of working capital and

On December 28, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding signed a contract for the construction of two 24000TEU ultra-large container ships. 24000TEU container ship is a new generation of ultra-large container ship with the largest load and packing capacit