There should be an urgency now among various players in the shipping industry, including shipowners and charterers, to plan for the International Maritime Organizations global sulfur limit rule as the 2020 deadline is fast approaching and t

Chinas steel and iron ore futures rose on March 12 on expectations that many halted construction activities in the country will soon resume, boosting restocking demand for the commodities. The most-active construction steel rebar contract o

1.Hong Kong-based cruise operator Genting Cruise Lines is spending more money on the refurbishment of Dream Cruises Explorer Dream to incorporate the installation of scrubber systems, the company said on Wednesday. 2.Austals Philippines shi

In Premier Li Keqiangs latest Government Work Report delivered in Beijing last Tuesday, the highlight for Hong Kong is undoubtedly the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and, more specifically, how Hong Kong can p

WAN Hai Lines is further extending its intra-Asia service network by offering a new weekly loop between Taiwan, South China and the Philippines that it has branded the Subic Express. The service will be operated by two 900-TEU containership

1.The British Office and Taiwan International Ports Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation of Taiwans offshore wind development. Under this cooperation, both countries will exchange information in the a

1.Chinas Xuelong safely completed its 35th Antarctic expedition mission on March 12 and has returned to Shanghai. 2.Norwegian car carrier operator UECC has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Jiangnan Shipyard for the constru

Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd, one of Chinas largest shipbuilders, will sign a new deal to construct five 15,000 TEU, or twenty-foot equivalent unit, dual-fuel container ships at the end of this month, its senior official said. The deal

Brazilian soya bean exports are up 85.2% in the first two months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This comes on the back of record high exports in 2018 of 83.6 million tonnes, a 22.7% increase from 2017. 2019 has seen the highe

Following the extraordinary success last November of Hong Kong Maritime Week, organisers, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, led by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, arrived in Copenhagen on 11 March. In the first promotional tri

BP said it was set to launch a new very low sulfur fuel oil with maximum 0.5% sulfur content following sea trials of product produced and supplied in Northwest Europe and Singapore. It did not give further details of the products specificat

Chinas icebreaker Xuelong returned to Shanghai Tuesday morning after completing its 35th Antarctic scientific research. Xuelong, with 349 crew members on board, set sail from Shanghai on November 2. Over 131 days, it traveled more than 30,8

1.On the morning of 12 March, the launching ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.1 Steel Cutting Ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.3 of China Merchants Industry Holdings CO.,LTD was successfully held in Haimen, Jiangsu prov

Chinas Ministry of Transport has said in a port report that dry bulk and container shipping along the nations coast are seeing too much capacity leading to falling rates. The report, however, points out that Chinas domestic coastal shipping

Chinese travellers forgoing the open road in favour of trains while making the switch to electric cars means the top driver of the worlds oil demand may soon step on the brakes, according to Morgan Stanley. Oil consumption in China will pea