A super offshore oil factory has been delivered in Qingdao,China. The floating production,storage,and offloading (FPSO) vessel was produced by Offshore Oil Engineering Co.,Ltd. Its 256 meters long and 49 meters wide.Its deck area is equival

Stowaways are an age-old problem for shipping, but the threats they pose and the potential consequences and costs of stowaways getting on board have increased greatly in recent years. This popular, practical guide in The Nautical Institutes

1.Eight Chinese seafarers on fishing vessels may have been hijacked by pirates in Cotonou and Lome. 2.Chaozhou Yatai Shipping has listed its 2012-built 76,000 dwt panamax bulker Ya Tai 3 for auction sale on Guangzhou Shipping Exchange. 3.Co

Chinas index of export container transport dipped in the past week, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) stood at 834.24, down 0.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the ex

Legislative amendments to enhance the regulatory regime for Class IV vessels (i.e. local pleasure vessels) and to improve the survey regime in respect of prevention and control of pollution for certain local vessels were gazetted today (May

Retired supply ship Hongzehu, one of the first generation of comprehensive supply ship independently designed and built by China, has been handed over to a memorial hall and will be open to the public. A handover ceremony was held earlier t

1.JNG representing employers and ITF representing seafarers unions and their members welcome the IMO Circular Letter (No.4204/Add.14) that was issued last week on the 5 May 2020. 2.The U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, and the U.S. Co

China is set to speed up purchases of U.S. farm goods and will implement the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, an executive at state-owned agriculture trading house COFCO said at an online industry conference on Thursday. Beijing p

In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world, the Chinese government has implemented a strict entry policy. With effective from March 28th, 2020, foreign nationals holding valid visas or residence permits were temporarily suspen

The Baltic Exchange has added quarterly assessments (GOPEX) on the cost of operating LNG and LPG tankers to its growing suite of shipping investor tools. Data will be provided by leading independent third-party ship management companies Ang

Every two years SMM brings together industry stakeholders from around the world. Because of the coronavirus crisis, the leading international maritime trade fair has been postponed until 2-5 February 2021. Not surprisingly, the effects of t

On the morning of May 11, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) successfully delivered the sixth 1750TEU container ship (N805), which created better conditions for the completion of the annual work tasks. Su Wenwei, general manager of t

1.On May 13, COSCO SHIPPING and Bank of Communications signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai. 2.Chinese offshore engineering firm Zhongtian Technology has won a tender to provide offshore engineering services for SPICs Rudong

On May 13, COSCO SHIPPING and Bank of Communications signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai. Xu Lirong, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Group of COSCO Shipping Group, and Ren Deqi, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Commi

Informa Marketsafter consultation with their joint venture partners the China Container Industry Association (CCIA)has made the decision to postpone Intermodal Asia until 2021. Rob Fisher, Group Director, Intermodal Asia said: This has been