The composite index decreased 1.7% this week but, 13.1% up when compared with same period of 2019. The average composite index of the WCI, assessed by Drewry for year-to-date, is $1,627 per 40ft container, which is $247 higher than the five

The cargo throughput of Yantai port in East Chinas Shandong province reached 79 million tons in the first quarter of 2020, up 6.3 percent from the same period last year. The performance was a promising start for the port in 2020, despite th

Epidemic hasnt slowed down round-the-clock construction in island province Editors Note: 2020 is the year Hainan province initiates construction of the China (Hainan) Free Trade Port, a major national strategy promoted by President Xi Jinpi

Wuhans Yangluo Port is back in business on April 12. With the 76-day lockdown of Wuhan lifted on April 8, cargo overstocked at the port is being transported away. Source：Chinadaily The opinions expressed herein are the authors and not nec

The maiden voyage ceremony of AG3 of Qingdao Port, Shandong Port Group THE Alliance, the first Middle East direct route opened by THE Alliance, was successfully held. The Middle East container route opened this time is the first direct Midd

Major ports in coastal areas of China have restored their operations to roughly the pre-COVID-19 level, which will help sustain the global supply chain that has been hit hard by the pandemic, experts said. While doing their part to contain

A pair of parallel pipelines in white and green stretch from the shore of Zhoushan in East Chinas Zhejiang province, where night and day they pump oil, water and marine fuel onto ships waiting just off the coast. It has become a common scen

On 3 April 2020, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a media release on Additional Measures to Minimise Further Spread of COVID-19. All business, social, or other activities that cannot be conducted through telecommuting from home

On April 1, China issued a notice, during the prevention and control of the epidemic, international cargo ships are prohibited to carry people other than their crews entering into Chinese ports. The notice emphasized that international carg

SMM estimates that there were 69 vessels carrying 11 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during March 22-28, down 750,000 mt from the week ended March 21 but up 1.02 million mt from the same period a year earlier. Arrivals

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Sunday inspected the resumption of work and production in east Chinas Zhejiang Province. Xi visited the Chuanshan port area of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, the worlds leading ports operator, today announced full year results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) for the year ended 31 December 2019. 2019 Full-year Results Highlight  Revenue rose by 2.7

Some ports in India including those owned by Adani Ports SEZ Ltd have declared force majeure after Asias third-biggest economy announced a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, documents seen by Reuters showed. The feder

The southern Port of Fuzhou in Fujian province has finished the build of two new berths within the Songxia port area.The works includes one 50,000-tonnes bulk cargo berth (available for vessels up to 100,000 tonnes) and one general cargo be

The throughput of major ports in China continued to increase last week as economic activities keep picking up pace, the China Ports and Harbours Association (CPHA) said on Wednesday. During the week from March 9 to 15, the throughput of key