Two Chinese shipbuilding companies have expressed intent to invest in the largest Philippine shipyard, debt-riddled Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines, the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) said. Drowning in debt, the Phi

On January 7, Chinas Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has officially announced that it has set up a specialized team for the design of large cruise ships. Specialized Ship Design

Spot rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday dropped 1.7 per cent to US$979 per TEU, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI). Asia-Mediterranean trade declined 1.7 per cent t

Chinas manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep-Sea Warrior) finished its first diving this year on Tuesday in southwest Indian Ocean with a harvest of deep-sea samples. The submersible was placed into the sea at 07:30, and dived for over n

S ingapores 2018 Maritime Performance Sustained overall growth; container throughput grew by 8.7 per cent The Port of Singapore maintained a stable performance in 2018. Container throughput grew by 8.7 per cent to 36.6 million twenty-foot e

Chinas foreign trade volume reached 30.51 trillion yuan in 2018, up 9.7 percent year-on-year, reaching a record high in import and export volume, said Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), at a news confere

1.Chinas latest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Fanfei was delivered to its user on Tuesday at the Changxing Island of Shanghai.The 290-meter-long carrier is the same size as a medium aircraft carrier.The maximum LNG it can hold is 104

Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar, conducted by Xinde Marine News, sponsored by LeesGreen Ballast Water Management, Pure Ocean Tecnology and with supporters of the Marshall Islands Registry and DNV GL, has ended with great success on

After three months of dredging test, Tiankun, Asias largest cutter-section dredger, returned to Qidong shipyard in East Chinas Jiangsu province on Wednesday and will be put into operation soon. During the test, the Tiankun intelligent dredg

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the countrys biggest geothermal developer, is pumping 130 million cubic meters of natural gas a day, in an effort to meet demand during the peak winter season. All of the companys gas fields and

1.Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar, conducted by Xinde Marine News, sponsored by LeesGreen Ballast Water Management, Pure Ocean Tecnology and with supporters of the Marshall Islands Registry and DNV GL, starts on Jan 11th, 2019 in D

As theres no extension to the IMO 2020 Sulphur regulation, shipowners and shipping companies should create a ship implementation plan. The 3 month grace period till March 20 should be fully utilised to show diligence to compliance. The most

1.Nanjing Tanker Corp, a subsidiary of Sinotrans CSC which suffered delisting due to the financial losses nearly four years ago, is now to be rejoin the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock code 601975 on 8th January, 2019. 2.Hong Kongs Orien

Release conference of the blue paper on evaluation of Chinas cruise ports in 2018 held in Beijing on Jan. 9. The first blue paper on evaluation of Chinas cruise ports in 2018 was released in Beijing on Wednesday, aiming to guide Chinas dome

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is planning to build a pipeline to supply fuel from a coal-to-gas project to the Hebei-Beijing-Tianjin area, top consuming region for natural gas, CNOOC said on January 9. Huabei Pipeline Comp