HANGZHOU－A recovery in the shipping market has buoyed optimism among Chinese shipping companies, with many once again buying new boats to expand their fleets.

Meeting China's rising demand for natural gas, especially in the heating season, could prove to be challenging due to limited domestic output, slow pipeline imports and distribution network bottlenecks. However, experts believe a natural gas

LESS than two weeks after the fatal fire onboard the Maersk Honam in the Arabian sea, a fire broke out on another containership from the Danish shipping line, the Maersk Kengsington, heading towards Suez from Oman. It has since been containe

Morning offers of traders edged up by RMB5-10/tonne today, with the obvious growth in mainstream lumps. Market transaction volume is underpinned under growing transaction prices yesterday. Most traders are willing to deliver cargos.

CNPC, one leading energy firm in China, plans to build seven new gas storage clusters to boost storage capacity, Securities Times reported.

The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the country's first special economic zone, confirmed with the Global Times that it has started soliciting public opinion for a draft regulation that will allow the city's sea areas to be developed for c

Two liquefied natural gas-fueled ro-ro (roll-on roll-off) ships, the largest of their kind in the world, are to be built by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co, Xiamen Daily reported.

Hong Kong-based Gold Star Line says it is responding positively to strong demand for its recently launched GCX service which connects China with ports in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Middle East and South East Asia.

Hong Kong-headquartered Seaspan has cemented its place as the world’s largest containership owner operator after completing the acquisition of Greater China Intermodal Investments from Carlyle Group affiliates and minority owners.

Ms. Sabrina S. M. Chao, Executive Chairman of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd. has been named as the 2018 Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore. The 2018 Commodore Award will be presented on March 14, 2018 at the Gala D

Ship Emissions in China Bohai Rim will be Limited 2018 From January 1, 2018, ships berthing in the controlled areas in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Rim (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) waters should use sulfur content of 0.5%

Morning quotations of traders held steady today. Product prices climb up slightly after the noon under growing futures prices. Some large traders have obvious desire to deliver cargos and steel mill are willing to make purchases. Overall mar

The Beijing-based China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has won the tender for a dredging project at Ukraine's Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, the Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.

A team of prestigious ministry officials, experts and university professors accompanied by Party secretary Zheng Renhao recently inspected Zhanjiang for the purpose of plotting urban development strategies in the new era. Heading the lineup

Major Hong Kong-based port operator, Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP), has entered into a subscription agreement with Navis for its N4 terminal operating system (TOS) to support its operations across 269 berths at 38 ports worldwide, of which 179