1.On December 10, the 4th Working Conference of the National Tripartite Coordination Mechanism for Maritime Labor Relations was held in Beijing. The meeting reviewed and approved the newly revised Chinese Seafarers Collective Agreement. 2.C

Two state-owned petroleum firms announced that they are currently negotiating with the newly-established China Oil Gas Piping Network Corporation (PipeChina) on asset restructuring or asset injection. The China National Petroleum Corporatio

A move by the Hong Kong Government to provide tax concessions for marine insurers in Hong Kong, first promised in October 2018, is to be introduced to the Legislative Council next week. Hong Kong chief executive, Carrie Lam informed a gathe

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has cancelled numerous Asia-Europe round-trip sailings due to expected low seasonal demand. Said the company advisory: In response to the expected low demand in the market,

Kaushik Roy, quality and environment manager at China Energy Ship Management, and council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Marine Technology, has been granted Chartered Master Mariner status in a ceremony held by the Honourable Company

A strategic move by the six early adopters, Carnival Maritime, Thome Ship Management, OSM Maritime Group, Berge Bulk, Executive Ship Management and Wilhelmsen Ship Management have all signed up with Wilhelmsens Marine Products division to b

1.In November, Chinese shipping companies won nearly 70% of new ship orders worldwide, and the number of orders received per month finally surpassed South Korea to rank first. 2.China officially separated the natural gas business from the c

Mr. Lianjun Li is a partner and head of the International Transportation Group at Reed Smith Richards Butler, a well-known international law firm in Hong Kong with other 27 overseas offices in Asia, Europe and America. He qualified as a sol

China officially separated the natural gas business from the countrys big three oil by setting up an independent corporation, the National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Group, in Beijing on Monday. The move marks a significant step in

On December 9, COSCO SHIPPING and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Beijing. Capt. Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING and Mr. Qian Zhimin, Chairman of SPIC attended the signin

Russias state-controlled Gazprom has exported its first ever rail cargo of LPG to China at the Manzhouli border crossing. The company shipped 620t of propane-butane mix to trading firm Avestra Chemical earlier this month. It becomes only

On 3 December 2019, CMES VLCCs New Paradise and New Enterprise rescued 52 and 11 distressed crew members respectively in the northern Indian Ocean. At 17:32, 3 December local time, when the VLCC New Paradise of AMCL (affiliated to CMES) was

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre Conducts Anti-Piracy Capacity Building Programme for Senior Officers of Maritime Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies in Cooperation with Vietnam Coast Guard ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) in c

1.On the afternoon of December 9, 2019, China Merchants Group announced that Hu Jianhua was appointed as the General Manager of China Merchants Group. 2.From 20 February 2020, Frank He and Deborah Yu will be appointed respectively General M

Chinas biggest refiners Sinopec and PetroChina are increasing their capacity to produce 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel that complies with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 regulations. But a lack of tax incentives may continue t