Attractive steel margins and a relative lack of pollution controls are having a marked impact on the iron ore procurement preferences of Chinas steel mills in December ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that falls early in 2020, on January

1.China commissioned the CNS Shandong its second aircraft carrier and the first such ship wholly designed and built domestically on Tuesday afternoon at a naval base in Sanya, Hainan province. 2.With the delivery of the last Arc7 icebreakin

With the fuel switch in full swing, VLSFO prices continue to rise. In Singapore 0.5% VLSFO prices increased by 12% since the beginning of the month and hit an all-time high of $622.5pmt yesterday. The price spread between 3.5% HFO and 0.5%

After attending the conference call at 0900 GMT on the 17th Dec, Xinde Marine News leaned that the global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to form the worlds first collaborative shipping RD programme to help eliminate CO2

The China Coast Guard Thursday said its emergency hotline has been operated smoothly since the service was launched in July. It has received 22,654 emergency calls and handled 2,755 cases, involving smuggling, drug trafficking, illegal sand

Taiwans Wisdom Marine has contracted Onomichi Dockyard in Japan to build a 37,000 dwt bulk carrier. The ship will cost $24m, Wisdom stated in a public disclosure on its site. In a busy year of expansion for the Taiwanese shipping firm, Wisd

Mr. Simon Neo is the Exe Director of SDE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, which formed by like mind individuals with a combine total of about 80 years of experience within the bunkering and oil industry. He gave the answer that how is Asia transformi

1.China MSA has recently launched special safety supervision work for ships intending to enter the waters near Zhuhai. 2.Andy Tung announced on Friday he is stepping down as co-chief executive at OOCL at the end of this month, handing over

Another pair of oil drilling platforms got exported on Friday at a port of east Chinas Shanghai Municipality, amid the recovering demand for drilling equipment. The pair departing on Friday are designed with a maximum drilling depth of arou

The China Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI), a wind vane of Chinas busiest ports freight rates for the international container shipping market, stood at 853.2 points Friday, up by 10.2 percent from last week. The NCFI is issued week

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index fell for a ninth-straight session on December 16, as the capesize index hit its lowest level in nearly six months. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels t

Satcom is the key aspect of smart shipping and the digital transformation in the maritime sector, said Ken Loke, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, for KVH Industries, in 2019 International Ship Management and Technology Forum (ISMTF) on 4th Dec.

1.The China Coast Guard Thursday said its emergency hotline has been operated smoothly since the service was launched in July. 2.On December 12,overseas buyers bid on the Guangzhou Shipping Trading Platform via the Internet, and the ship GO

Mr. Fan Zhang is the Cyber Security Business Manager for Lloyds Register for the Asia Pacific Region, he is responsible for growing Lloyds Registers cyber security operation in the Asian market and has worked in roles that focus on bringing

1.JinkoSolar Holding yesterday announced that the Company has signed an agreement with COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Greece) S.A. (COSCO) to use the Greek Port of Piraeus as a distribution hub. 2.Mr. Fu Gangfeng,Director of the Board and President