1.On January 19, in the automatic yard of Dalian container terminal, the automatic rail crane controlled by the operator remotely successfully completed the stacking operation of a 40 foot container. 2.China has signed an agreement with Mya

COSCOs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has cancelled numbers of transpacific sailings in response to the annual Chinese New Year slowdown, the Hong Kong-based company announced. Cancelled on the Pacific China Central 2 (PCC2) service

1.After 6 years, the first platform supply vessel (PSV) ever built by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding was finally delivered. 2.Penghu, Chinas first semi-submersible wave energy breeding and tourism platform, has successfully trial-raised the first

A total of 10 Myanmar crew members were rescued from a cargo ship that started to overturn in east Chinas Zhangzhou sea area on Sunday. Shortly after 21:00 on Sunday, the Sea Rescue Bureau in Zhangzhou City, east Chinas Fujian Province, rec

Software solutions provider Softship has been selected as a pre-approved vendor under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapores (MPA) Sea Transport Industry Digital Plan (IDP), a SGD3.7million fund to support ship agency and harbour cra

At least $1 trillion of capital investment in land-based and ship-related infrastructure required to halve international shippings greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Copenhagen, 20 January, 2020; Shipping needs to make a radical shift to zer

1.On January 17, Hudong Zhonghua, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, won the construction contract for two 79,900 cubic meters LNG vessels supporting the Malaysian LNG project. 2.China MSA issued the Guidelines for Superv

On the afternoon of January 16, COSCO SHIPPING signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Construction Group (SCG). Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong and Chairman of SCG Mr. Xu Zheng attended the signing cerem

Chinas space-tracking ship finished being overhauled Yuanwang-6 on Friday,and is now preparing for future missions. Docking at the port of the China Satellite Marine Tracking and Telecommanding and Controlling Department on east China coast

In order to standardize the implementation of the Implementation Scheme of the Domestic Emission Control Areas for Atmospheric Pollution from Vessels (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) issued by Ministry of Transport of the PRC as well

M.T. Pusaka Borneo (108,000 dwt, 2018/Tsuneishi) has joined N2Tankers fleet after redelivery from the vessels previous time charter commitment with Teekay in January. With this addition, N2Tankers expands its fleet size to 15 high spec vess

1.Ningbo Zhoushan port,Chinas busiest port, saw cargo throughput exceed 1.1 billion tonnes in 2019, official statistics showed. 2.Chinese cruise shipbuilding company CMHI Haimen yard carried out the keel laying ceremony for the Ocean Explor

Hong Kong-based cruise operator, Genting Hong Kong, has completed a sale and leaseback transaction with four Chinese leasing companies to raise US$900m. The deal was made on the companys Genting Dream, a 2016-built, 150,000 GT cruise vessel

The UK PI Club, a leading provider of PI insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has appointed Tom Starr as a Senior Claims Executive, who will be based in the Thomas Miller London offices. Tom, a solicitor and

Low sulphur fuel oil prices dropped for six consecutive trading days and currently stand at around $670 per tonne in Singapore. The decline in LSFO price is partly driven by the easing supply tightness and partly due to cooling demand. Ther