1.According to GAC,pilot services in Hong Kong are being resumed from 17 September,after the departure of former Typhoon Mangkhut.Priority is being given to container ships berthing at Kwai Chung/Tsing Yi Terminals.
2.China will roll out new measures including cutting customs clearance times, streamlining port services and improving the export tax rebate policy to increase opening-up and facilitate foreign trade,it was announced by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.
3.COSCO Shipping Ports' container volumes in August rose by 12% year on year to 8.7 million TEU on the back of strong growth at its northern China ports,with box throughput at its terminals in the Bohai Rim region rising 22 % to 1.8 million TEU.
4.Shandong is using the latest technology to extract the most from its vast marine resources in order to continue to develop and promote strong growth in related industries,said Liu Jiayi,Party chief of the province at a recent government work conference.
5.IMO started considering framework for low-flashpoint diesel.China informed CCC5 that it has issued stricter domestic standards in response to air pollution from ships,and requires domestic ships to use low sulphur diesel with a minimum flashpoint limit of 55°C.
6.China set a 10 percent tariff on U.S.(LNG) imports,extending a trade dispute into energy and casting a shadow over U.S. export terminals that would propel the United States into the world's second-largest LNG seller.
7.China's iron ore futures closed higher on Tuesday.The most active contract for January 2019 delivery ended the day session up 1.00 percent at 506.5 yuan per ton.
8.DNV GL has awarded Chinese shipyard Jiangnan with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a 93,000-cubic meter(cbm) very large ethane carrier.
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