World Maritime Day -28 September 2017 1/4

World’s First 2000-ton Electric Ship Launched in China

Worlds First 2000-ton Electric Ship Launched in China On November 12, the worlds first 2000-ton new energy electric self-unloading ship launched in Nansha, Guangzhou which was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited for Gu[详细]

Titan Quanzhou Shipyard ruled to pay $79m

Titan Quanzhou Shipyard ruled to pay $79m to creditor Titan Petrochemicals has announced that subsidiary Titan Quanzhou Shipyard has received a civil judgment from Fujian Provincial Peoples High Court in a debt dispute between parent compan[详细]

Cosco further consolidates financing unit

Cosco further consolidates financing unit China Cosco Shipping Corporation is continuing its consolidation process following the merger between Cosco Group and China Shipping Group last year. Cosco Shipping Holdings has announced that the b[详细]

CNPC, Cheniere Pact for LNG

CNPC, Cheniere Pact for LNG Chinas state-owned oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation and U.S. independent energy company Cheniere Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for long-term sales and purchases of liquef[详细]

Jordan, China to sign MoU on cooperation

Jordan, China to sign MoU on cooperation under Belt and Road initiative Jordan and China are discussing the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation as part of the Belt and Road initiative, Chinese Ambassador in Amman Pan Wei[详细]

Scorpio Bulkers snaps up three ultramaxes from Greathorse

Scorpio Bulkers snaps up three ultramaxes from Greathorse Emanuele Lauros Scorpio Bulkers continues to expand its ultramax fleet with the acquisition of three bulkers from Chinas Greathorse International Ship Management. According to a repo[详细]

General cargo ship sinks near Guangdong

General cargo ship sinks near Guangdong Chinese general cargo ship Yu Tong 1 sank near Huilai, Guangdong in stormy weather on Sunday. The incident happened when the vessel, carrying 5,000 tons of iron ore, was enroute from Maoming to Jieyan[详细]

Asian Floating Storage Declines as Crude Market Tightens

Asian Floating Storage Declines as Crude Market Tightens Strong demand is tightening the market but rising US output could sap efforts to rebalance market. The amount of oil stored on tankers around Singapore has dropped sharply in the last[详细]

ASEAN and Hong Kong sign FTA

ASEAN and Hong Kong sign FTA The 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Chinas Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) signed a free trade agreement and an investment agreement on Saturday on the[详细]

Understanding the $250 billion China-US deal

Understanding the $250 billion China-US deal China and the US signed 34 deals worth more than 250 billion US dollars, covering multiple sectors, from infrastructure and medicine to energy and aviation. The largest one went to West Virginia.[详细]

Delfin seals China LNG deal

Delfin seals China LNG deal Delfin Midstream has signed a preliminary 15 year sales deal with Chinas gas distributor China Gas Holdings, Reuters has reported. According to Frederick Jones, Delfin founder and chief executive officer, the dea[详细]

China Oct iron ore imports drop to lowest

China Oct iron ore imports drop to lowest in over 1-1/2 yrs Chinas iron ore imports fell nearly 23 percent in October from record levels the previous month, customs data showed on Wednesday, with steel mills in the worlds top producer cutti[详细]

China’s coastal coal freights moved up slightly

Chinas coastal coal freights moved up slightly Freight rates for shipping coal from Qinhuangdao port in northern China to Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose tentatively in the past week, Qinhuangdao Port said Tuesday. The freight rat[详细]

Guangdong Renke Shipping to offload bulker fleet

Guangdong Renke Shipping to offload bulker fleet Chinese bulker owner Guangdong Renke Shipping plans to sell the only two bulkers in its fleet in order to deal with a debt crisis. The company has commissioned Guangzhou Shipping Exchange to[详细]

Dynagas inks leasing deal for LNG-FSRU pair with CSSC

Dynagas inks leasing deal for LNG-FSRU pair with CSSC Shipping Greek LNG specialist owner Dynagas has signed a financial leasing agreement with CSSC Shipping, the leasing unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, for two 174,000 cu m LN[详细]