Coal shipments through Chinas Tianjin port declined 6.92 million tonnes, or 14.48% year on year in the first eight months to 40.88 million tonnes, data showed. Since the port banned diesel-fueled trucks from coal transporting in 2017, its c

What was ostensibly the arrival of yet another mega-containership at the Port of Hong Kong today (19 September), turned out to be the the occasion herald further significant measures to reverse the decline of the port, which has witnessed f

The berthing of the container freighter M.V. Arnold Maersk at Guangzhous Nansha Port on Sept 16 marks the opening of the first container line from the city to the east coast of the United States. The container line is also the first direct

2M Alliance members Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have added a port call in Nansha - in southern Chinas Guangdong province - to its US east coast service via the Suez Canal to New York, Charleston, Savannah, Miami and

Shanghai is the worlds best-connected container port, with Singapore in second place and Ningbo a distant 3rd place in the Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (Port LSCI) that has been developed jointly by MDS Transmodal and UNCTAD. The

Shanghai is going to develop its Wusongkou Cruise Port into the worlds third largest in terms of passenger trips and form an industrial chain worth 100 billion yuan ($14.08 billion) in the citys northern Baoshan district, officials said. Ch

Australias Gladstone port posted a slump of 54.48% in coal exports to China compared with Julys multi-year high, according to data from Gladstone Ports Corporation. In August, Gladstone port shipped 755,300 tonnes of coal to China, down 7.4

Just five minutes away by cargo train from one of Dalian Ports container terminals in Northeast Chinas Liaoning province, crane operators are busy unloading containers shipped from Japan and South Korea, and transferring them to a freight t

Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd, Chinas largest port operator for dry bulk cargoes, witnessed a 24.99% year-on-year decline in net profit to 549 million yuan ($76.6 million) during the first half, the company said in a semi-annual report recently

Tangshan Port Group Co., Ltd, a state-owned operator of Jingtang port in northern China, saw a strong rise of 12.67% year on year in net profit attributable to shareholders in the first half year, the company said in a semi-annual report la

Not far from an abandoned industrial site with rusted metals reminiscent of its manufacturing past, the port of Vado Ligure carries the promise of the Italian citys future. Neighboring an old reefer terminal that has so far handled mostly b

Aerial photo taken on Aug 31, 2019 shows the inauguration ceremony of the China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone Caofeidian area in North Chinas Hebei province. China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Caofeidian area announced its inaugurati

The Ports of Xiamen in eastern Fujian province and Busan in South Korea established friendly relations, according to a signing ceremony held in Xiamen on Aug 20. Xiamen Port is one of the four major international shipping centers in China,

Chinas cargo throughput at ports climbed 7.7 percent year on year to 7.9 billion tonnes in the first seven months, official data showed.At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Transport expanded the statistical range from major ports

The administrators of bankrupt Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding has managed to sell the entire assets of the shipyard during a second round auction. The assets were sold for a discounted price of CNY958 million (US$135.7 million), after the firs