Sinopec, one of Chinas key oil and gas developers, started construction of the Qingdao-Nanjing gas transmission pipeline on June 14, a strategic deployment to further expand its gas supplying capacity and covering areas, state media Xinhua

Bigger ships offer advantages to both ship owners and those wishing to ship cargoes, and this trend is unlikely to change. The average size of ships has been increasing over the past several decades. Advances in production techniques, vesse

Ship owners have been taking actions in order to comply with 2020 Sulphur Cap. Open loop scrubber with LSFO would be a better solution from a overall perspective. During Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar held last week at Shanghai, t

1.Intermarine UK signed a new agreement with a Chinese manufacturer to establish at the Port of Portland one of UKs centers for scrubber installation. The deal was signed during Nor-Shipping 2019, with Shandong Pure Ocean Technology. 2.For

Demand drivers and freight rates As weak demand growth is forecasted for the coming quarters, the container shipping industry is set to return to negative margins. Iran, Libya and Venezuela face export limitations because of sanctions and i

The oil tanker market has been fraught with politics as never before, says Peter Sand, top analyst at shipowner/operator lobby BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council). For example, Iran, Libya and Venezuela face export limitations

An agreement on developing a center for ocean mega-science was officially inked on Monday in Jinan, capital city of East Chinas Shandong province, among the provincial government, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qingdao municipal govern

MacGregor automated mooring solution specified for the worlds first autonomous and zero-emission container ship, Yara Birkeland MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and Kongsberg Maritime have entered into an agreement where MacGregor will deliver

1.Chinas first large-scale, domestically designed and independently built woodchip carrier has been successfully delivered to its client. The 64,000-ton vessel, called MATER, is manufactured by Chengxi Shipyard Co Ltd in Jiangyin city, East

IMO2020 is getting closer and the currently discussed approaches to meet IMO2020 requirements will generate additional pressure to the industry and thus put many shipping and commodity trading companies in a challenging situation. But how c

Asian tanker and LNG shipping companies remain cautious on Middle East transits after last weeks tanker attacks, and have stepped up safety measures including tighter security of seaborne vessels and full-speed navigation in the Gulf of Oma

International Maritime Organization (IMO) is at the UN climate change conference in Bonn, Germany (17-27 June), where governments are meeting to work towards significantly accelerating the pace of climate action. The UN body is reporting to

Citi, Societe Generale, DNB and other leading international banks promote greener global shipping through new principles Banks to disclose climate alignment of shipping portfolios with International Maritime Organizations 50% emissions redu

The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) has continued to engage with various firms to provide a platform that brings attention to trending regulatory and law related discussions specific to maritime. In hosting BIMCOs Bunker Terms 2

The marine economy of Guangdong province last year reached a whopping 1.93 trillion yuan ($280 billion), ranking first in the country for the 24th consecutive year, according to a recent report released by the Department of Natural Resource