Yantai, a coastal city in East Chinas Shandong province, saw its foreign trade rise 5.3 percent year-on-year to 21.83 billion yuan ($3.25 billion) in March, according to Yantai customs. Its exports reached 13.24 billion yuan, up 13.7 percen

On April 18, 2019, the naming ceremony for M.V. Yuan Shen Hai, another 400K DWT VLOC of COSCO SHIPPING, was held at COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry in Yangzhou. Chairman and Party Secretary of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong, Director and Depu

1.John-Kaare Aune has been appointed the new managing director, Ship Management for Hong Kong-based Wallem Group. He is expected to take up the post from 1 July 2019. 2.Chinas Jinling Shipyard has started construction of the first hybrid ro

HONG KONGs Kwai Tsing terminals volume fell 1.6 per cent year on year in March to 1.23 million TEU while midstream operators handled 350,000 TEU, down seven per cent. The cumulative total of containers handled at Hong Kong during the first

Between 2009 and 2018 more than half the 188 fatalities recorded from 48 bulk carrier losses were directly attributable to cargo failure or liquefaction, Intercargo revealed in its latest statement on bulk carrier casualties reporting. Carg

John-Kaare Aune has been appointed the new managing director, Ship Management for Hong Kong-based Wallem Group. He is expected to take up the post from 1 July 2019. Mr Aune joins Wallem from the Cayman Registry, where he was most recently r

Navies operate on a spectrum between deterrence and defense, to include offensive operation, support of foreign policy, and power projection to civil affair and humanitarian assistance and disaster response. Many have constabulary responsib

About 60.3 percent of the worlds ship orders are projected to be for liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled vessels by 2025. Ships powered by LNG are expected to account for six out of 10 new vessel orders in six years due to toughened environm

1.Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has been awarded an extension to its existing contract with CNOOC Petroleum Europe for the Scott platform in the UK North Sea. 2.COSCO England, a Neopanamax containership owned by COSCO Shipp

Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group has held a steel-cutting ceremony for four new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs. Series of 6000HP ASD tugboats, which built for Liaoning LongyunShunze Tug Ltd. by our company, were carried

ABS, Google Cloud and SoftServe completed a pilot project applying artificial intelligence (AI) models to detect levels of corrosion and coating breakdown on ships and offshore structures. The project successfully demonstrated the accuracy

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has secured an order for providing classification services for nine floating border out posts (FBOPs) and 36 patrol boats of the Border Security Force of India (BSF). IRClass, a Preferred Partner t

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. today published its 2018 Stewardship Report, highlighting the companys progress on its sustainability goals. Initiatives underway include: Elimination of plastic straws across its 26-ship fleet and two is

China will soon release guidelines to push mergers and restructuring plans for the steel industry to facilitate the creation of larger and stronger groups that can compete in the global market, according to a report by the Economic Informat

The Singapore Branch of The Nautical Institute announces speaker line-up for its annual conference SINGAPORE, 24 April 2019 The Singapore branch of The Nautical Institute, host of the 2019 Nautical Institute Singapore Conference, announced