Chinese Port Association reviewed last week (24/Feb-1/March) operation across the country, and have the following 1) Container volume is increasing The eight major container ports volume got 4.7% increase wow. The growth of Shanghai, Tianji

On March 4, Shibei District of Qingdaosigned a strategic cooperation agreement with BritishV-Ship, the worlds largest ship management company, in the form of online video, and the project of China seafarers headquarters base settled in Shan

On March 3, PremierLi Keqiang chaired an executive meeting of the state council,and made arrangements to improve the coordination mechanism for the six stability initiative to effectively deal with the impact of the epidemic and promote sta

First Bonded Blended crude sold last week at Port of Qingdao. State owned refineries and more than 30 teapot refineries in Shandong Province are processing over 100 million tons of crude oil per annum which makes the area largest refining/c

Cargo traffic at Chinas sea ports is expected to have dropped by six million TEU owing to the prolonged Lunar New Year holiday, a move implemented by the Central government to curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to Alphaliner esti

On February 28, the LNG bunkering operation of YongGangXiaoTuo 60 was successfully completed in Ningbo-Zhoushan Port. This is the first time for such a bunkering operation in Zhejiang Province. In recent years, with the in-depth promotion o

A total of 4,500 metric tons of low-sulfur fuel oil were sent to the customs warehouses of Sinochem Xingzhong Oil Staging (Zhoushan) Co in Zhoushan, East Chinas Zhejiang province, on Feb 23. This marks the first export tax rebate for fuel o

The Hong Kong Government may be over-reacting when it comes to business at the cruise terminals during the novel Coronavirus outbreak, writes Liza Cook. Jeff Bent, the managing director of Worldwide Cruise Terminals, operator of the Kai Tak

Container cargo volumes at Chinese ports (including Hong Kong) could fall as much as 6m teu in the first quarter of 2020, estimates analyst, Alphaliner. The full impact of the Chinese coronavirus is unlikely to become clear until the ports

At the criticalphaseof epidemic prevention and control, Shandong Port focused on epidemic prevention and control, production and management, and made every effort to promote economic and social development. On February 24, Shandong Port Gro

Box throughput at the Port of Hong Kong tumbled 20.4% in January as supply chains originating from the Mainland collapsed in the face of the novel coronavirus which is wreaking havoc at the epicenter in Wuhan. Hong Kong handled1.349m teu in

In order to strengthen the information exchange of waterborne control of the epidemic in the Yangtze River Delta, and under the premise of ensuring the health and control of the ships personnel, the Provincial Port and Shipping Management C

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will be giving a 50% port dues concession to passenger vessels, to provide relief to vessel owners and operators who have seen a drop in passenger volumes due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus D

The annual value of the maritime supplies for foreign vessels in the city of Zhoushan in East Chinas Zhejiang province, hit $2.2 billion in 2019, according to local authorities. Bunker fuel sales contributed $1.7 billion to the annual value

The stranded Westerdam cruise ship has been granted a port of entry by authorities in Cambodia. This comes after 4 other ports turned away the ship over unfounded fears that coronavirus was present on board. Is their ordeal soon to be over?