A gathering of leading international shipowners have signalled the urgent necessity of bringing the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally-Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 into force. The announcement was made as

1.China was re-elected as the council member of International Association of Lighthouse Authorities(IALA) on May 29. 2.China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, the world's largest refiner, expects crude oil trade between China and t

Chinas thermal coal prices climbed more than 4% on May 29 and were on track for their biggest one-day gain since November 2016 as investors continued to fret about supplies due to strong demand. Investors piled on bullish bets even after th

Chinas most advanced submersibles were gathered at the National Deep Sea Center on the sidelines of an international oceanic workshop from Monday to Tuesday in east Chinas coastal city of Qingdao. Among the high-tech devices for deep-sea ex

BEIJING－With its second ethylene cracker in South China starting operations this month, China National Offshore Oil Corporation or CNOOC pushed its cooperation with Shell Petrochemical Company to a higher level. The 1.2-million-metric-ton

The 9th Annual Marine Money China Ship Finance & Offshore Summit,hold in Shanghai, Pudong on 22nd & 23rd May 2018,with discussions on Chinese financial leasing, consolidation and the future of liner shipping, latest updates on IMO regulation

1.Chinese space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 has returned to port in east China's Jiangsu Province after completing a three-month maritime space monitoring mission. 2.Arthur Bowring finally retired from duty following a more than 20-year

China produced more steel than the rest of the world world combined in April, showed data from World Steel Association (worldsteel). And the differential wasnt small. According to worldsteel, China produced a mammoth 76.7 million tonnes of

BEIJING - Chinese researchers have developed a device to conduct marine positioning with high accuracy, according to the Science and Technology Daily. The device was disclosed at a science forum in Northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province. Th

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, the worlds largest refiner, expects crude oil trade between China and the US to show further growth as the worlds two biggest economies play complementary roles as producers and exporters of oi

Hong Kong and Finland have signed a comprehensive agreement for the avoidance of double taxation. Secretary for Financial Services the Treasury James Lau and Finnish Consul-General Jari Sinkari signed the agreement on 24 May. Last week Hong

The Peoples Bank of China, the countrys central bank, said on 24 May it had extended a currency swap agreement with the State Bank of Pakistan. The swap is sized at 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion) or 351 billion Pakistani rupees, according t

1.China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday published the names of 11 private refineries with a plan to allow them to directly import crude oil. 2.The signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation agreement between Tianjin Port Group and

Oil prices decreased on Friday as major crude producers were reportedly considering to ease the production limits they put in place last year. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery decreased 2.83 U.S. dollars to settle at 67.8

Chinese space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 has returned to port in east Chinas Jiangsu Province after completing a three-month maritime space monitoring mission. The ship docked at a port in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province on Friday. The missio