DNV GL, the risk management and quality assurance company, has donated RMB 1 million to a charity operating at the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. DNV GL is supporting Shanghai Charity Foundation, which is sending medical provision

The novel coronavirus epidemic will not alter the fundamentals of Chinas foreign trade, foreign investment and core position within global industrial chain in the long term, commerce officials said. Even though Chinas foreign trade, foreign

A cruise ship docked in Wuhan City on Friday after sailing for 28 hours,to accommodate medical staff who have been deployed all over the city in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Blue Whale Cruise Ship, a 4-sta

VLCC The market in the Middle East was again static, with the uncertainties caused by the ongoing effect of Coronavirus. Rates for 270,000mt to China loitered at WS42.5, while 280,000mt to the US Gulf via the Cape/Cape routing is stuck at W

Alexander May of the Hong Kong branch of international law firm, Hill Dickinson, has been recognised in the 2020 Client Choice awards as the winner in the General Corporate category. Mr May, who acts as a transactional adviser on the firms

On February 19, rumors of the dissolution of HNA Group continued to ferment on social media platforms. Some media reported that after the coronavirus epidemic affected HNA Groups solvency, the Hainan Provincial Government, where HNA Group h

1.Hudong Zhonghua will compete with three giants of South Korea for Qatars first batch of 80 LNG carriers with a total value of up to US $15 billion. 2.Two of the largest VLECs ever ordered are now under construction to ABS class at Jiangna

Chinas domestic LPG prices have firmed after the coronavirus outbreak cut refinery runs, drastically reducing LPG output at a time when easing transportation restrictions have spurred a re-emergence of residential and industrial demand. Sta

China reaches out to neighbor by providing a batch of COVID-19 test kits Two passengers who were on board the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have died due to the novel coronavirus, and another two officials had been infected, Japa

A second chartered flight will bring back more Hong Kong residents stranded onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan on Friday at the earliest, after the first group of 106 people landed in Hong Kong on Thursday morning. All reside

1.Coronavirus infections on a cruise ship moored near Tokyo rose to 621 people on Wednesday as passengers began disembarking following a contentious two-week quarantine that some foreign health experts said appeared insufficient to stop the

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index rose on Wednesday as rates improved across all vessel segments, even as shipping activity remained subdued due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesi

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced a number of cancelled transpacific sailings in response to low demand in addition to those voided in the February 14 customer advisory. In the Pacific China C

China has released measures to help firms that export their goods resume production and stabilize trade growth by mitigating the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak on the economy, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement

1.China on Tuesday said it will start accepting applications for tariff exemptions on 696 US-origin goods, including crude oil, LNG and refined products, from March 2. 2.Around 500 passengers on the virus-hit cruise ship quarantined off Yok