1.Netherlands accedes to Hong Kong Convention.The International Maritime Organizations (IMO) Hong Kong Convention has received another boost with the accession of the Netherlands. 2.More than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves

Chinas cargo throughput at ports grew by 9.1 percent to around 1.14 billion metric tons in January compared with the same period last year, official data showed. At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) expanded the st

Capesize Gloom continued to beset the market for the big ships, with Dalian port last week imposing a ban on Australian coal imports and capping coal imports from all sources by the end of 2019 at 12 million tonnes. It was also another week

The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong with the 126 members of Chinas 35th research mission to Antarctica on board ended on Friday a nine-day odyssey through the infamous roaring forties. Xuelong is taking the Chinese researchers back to home. The

It has been more than two years since the publication of the Ship Market Trend. The data quoted in the book was as of 2016. Now we have entered 2019, the full years data of 2017 and 2018 are available. If the method introduced in the book i

1.High iron ore inventories at Chinese ports and uncertainty in the global economy are putting the demand for Capesizes at risk. Drewry believes that demand for Capesizes in 2019 will be proportional to iron ore inventories at Chinese ports

Commissioned by Hong Kong HAI KUO SHIPPING 1111 LIMITED (the Entrusting Party), Guangzhou Shipping Exchange Co., Ltd. (GSE) determines to organize an online bidding for a bulk carrier named HAI QING. The announcement is stated as follows. R

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) recognised the negative effect that bullying and harassment can have on seafarer health and wellbeing, and have voted to bring these serious issues under Regulation 4.3 the health and safety protection a

A.P. Mller Maersk released its annual report for 2018 Thursday, highlighting what chief executive Sren Skou called its transformation from being a conglomerate with operating eight different divisions with a big corporate layer on top to no

The Port of Hamburg handled 135.1 million tonnes of freight in 2018, down one per cent on last year. The total included a record 60,000 freight trains with 1.6 million freight cars, making the gateway Europes top railway port where China re

2M shipping alliance partners Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) are to shelve another Asia-north Europe sailing at the beginning of March owing to weaker-than-expected demand. The 14,500 TEU Estelle Maersk, deployed on th

Xiamen plans to expand its international sea-rail combined transportation based on the booming China (Xiamen)-Europe trains, local media reported on Feb 21. The freight collection scope of the Xiamen-Europe trains has been extended to Taiwa

1.The Inaugural Opening Ceremony Business Event of COSCO Shipping Investment Dalian Co.，Ltd . is held at InterContinental Dalian on 21 Feb, 2019. 2.Shell Marine integrated solutions have saved the equivalent of around $123,000 annually fo

As China is likely to create a giant oil and gas pipeline company this year as part of the nations effort to reform the State-owned petroleum industry, insiders believe the move will shake up the petroleum sector and break the monopoly in t

1.Under the agreement, Zhejiang Seaport Group will invest RMB5bn ($740m) to acquire 20% equity shares in SIPGs subsidiary Shanghai Shengdong International Container Terminal Company, the operator of Yangshan Port. 2.Chinas container shippin