A new mothership for Chinas manned submersible Jiaolong successfully took to water in the central city of Wuhan on Saturday. Shenhai Yihao (DeepSea No. 1) is a comprehensive scientific expedition vessel as well as the countrys first self-de

Chinese research ship Haiyang Dizhi-9, or Ocean Geology No 9, returned to port in Qingdao, East Chinas Shandong province, on Friday. The vessel made the return after having completed a 258-day voyage. Covering more than 25,000 nautical mile

The Port of Shanghais November container throughput fell 1.9 per cent year on year to 3.53 million TEU, according to figures from Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG). November volumes also declined 1.1 per cent from Octobers 3.57 milli

1.The worlds most influential maritime leaders will convene in Singapore for the Global Maritime Forums Annual Summit on 30-31 October 2019. 2.A new and luxury ro-ro passenger vessel built by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd for

The government of Panama gave a US$1.4 billion contract to build a bridge over the Panama Canal to Panama Cuarto Puente, a Chinese consortium. Panama Cuarto Puente consortium or so-called Panama Fourth Bridge Consortium, composed of China C

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is launching a new Middle East / Indian Subcontinent - East Mediterranean (EM3) service next month to offer fast transit times to Egypt and Turkey. The new loop provides direct connections between ports

If a friend from abroad were to materialize suddenly in China as a tourist, the question Gee, when did you land will likely pop up from the presumption that he or she flew into the country. But, if some tourism firms plans fructify, there m

The worlds most influential maritime leaders will convene in Singapore for the Global Maritime Forums Annual Summit on 30-31 October 2019. The Global Maritime Forum - an international not-for-profit organization committed to shaping the fut

1.As for the Port Limits for Johore Bahru Port published by Malaysian Marine Department,MPA of Singapore does not recognise it and would also like to remind ship masters and owners of vessels that Singapores territorial waters extend westwa

A unique project transforms the terminal to meet mega-age requirements. Five Continents International Container Terminal (FICT) in Tianjin, China, is running at the maximum of its designed capacity, or even above it. To rapidly increase the

The CMA CGM Group, a worldwide leading shipping group, and Freightos, the worlds online freight marketplace, are pleased to announce they have signed an ambitious pilot agreement whereby CMA CGM has become the first ocean carrier listed on

Choosing the top stories of 2018 was, this year, a difficult task. Many compelling story threads played out, dramatically impacting the North American waterfront, and in particular, the workboat sector each in their own unique way. Read on

After years of development, Greka Group is predicting that all eight of its Chinese coalbed methane blocks will be online and profitable by 2020, helping national efforts to provide China with a cleaner energy alternative. We have been work

While the global IMO Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships is probably years away from becoming effective, the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) has so far* only approved recycling yar

After 10 years of construction, Chinas first Oceaneering Digital Center was officially put into use in north Chinas Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday. The center, equipped with many advanced facilities, such as 360-degree panoramic spherical