4.Britannia gains Hong Kong underwriting licence Hong Kongs Insurance Authority has granted a licence to underwrite business in the territory to the Britannia P I Club. Gaining the licence us the latest in a string of positive growth develo

Ports that announce bans on open-loop scrubbers are peddling fake news and should act on scientific grounds and ignore sensationalist statements, says the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020. Earlier this week, the UAE Port of Fujairah joined Sing

Shipping companies commonly boast of the privilege of family carriage they give to seafarers. While some of them provide this opportunity only to the top 4 ranks (Captain/Master, Chief Engineer, Chief Officer and Second Engineer), there are

The technology group Wrtsil has recently been awarded a number of contracts to supply its Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) to global shipping operators. The systems will enable the vessels to be compliant with the Ballast

1.Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co.,Ltd.began to produce low-sulfur heavy marine fuel oil from January 18,becoming the first domestic refining and chemical enterprise to produce the oil.On January 23,the first batch of 6,000 tons of fuel o

Efficient, always-on fuel cells could be the centre of an innovative hybrid power arrangement that would be ideal for cruise ships, according to a new study. The project, by researchers at the cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, has prop

China imported 1.44 million mt of LPG in December, up 13.5% from November, but down 9.3% year on year, the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Friday. A combination of lower import price, better cracking mar

Further to our insight It is time to strengthen your onboard cyber security procedures of 12 December 2018, the Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs recently published its Cyber and Information Security Strategy for t

1.The first POT-DeSOx Scrubber retrofitting project undertaken by Shandong Pure Ocean Technology Co.,Ltd (POT) in 2019 has recently completed the retrofitting design in CUD Shipyard, and successfully completed the lifting and positioning of

Chinas steel and iron ore futures dipped on January 23 following a broader sell-off across riskier assets, pressured by persistent concerns over weak demand amid a slowing global economy. Benchmark Shanghai steel rebar futures eased followi

The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 has called upon the global maritime industry not to single out scrubber wash waters when coastal states and port authorities adopt local regulations to lessen the impact of ship operations on their por

Central Chinas Hubei province found new shale gas fields in its western part with combined geological resources reaching 11.68 trillion cubic meters, China Geological Survey said in a meeting on January 22. The resources provide possibility

1.On the occasion of Chinese New Year, the Chinese Shipping Association of London is hosting a gathering next Thursday, 31 January at the Baltic Exchange. 2.Chinas imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December soared 25% from the same

On the occasion of Chinese New Year, the Chinese Shipping Association of London is hosting a gathering next Thursday, 31 January at the Baltic Exchange. The evening will start in the members bar with a Dry Bulk Market Overview by Troy Yu Le

The total import and export volume registered at Shanghai Customs District came in at 6.41 trillion yuan ($971.5 billion) in 2018, up 7.3 percent year-on-year, according to official data released on Wednesday. Exports in Shanghai grew six p