There is no nationality or residential requirements for seafarers (officers and ratings) serving on Hong Kong registeredships. Officers, while serving on board Hong Kong registered ship, are required to hold respective classes of certificat

The Ministry of Transport of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the National Health Commission of China, the General Administration of Customs of China, the National Immigration Administration and the Chinese Center for Diseas

Japanese shipping company K Line is developing a system employing artificial intelligence to aid in the maneuvering and berthing operations for vessels. It is the latest in a series of projects underway in Japan to improve safe ship operati

Chinese sea ports removed nucleic acid tests or centralized quarantines for incoming crew members who change shifts, starting on Sunday, as part of the latest moves to optimize COVID-19 response. Experts said the policy shift will inject ne

Qingdao Port, a subsidiary of Shandong Port Group (SPG), has ranked among the top leaguesin the worlds port sectorthanks to its large container throughput, efficient port handling operations and advanced technological innovation application

By Susanna Lai, managing director at KPI OceanConnect Hong Kong Shippings energy transition is a defining time for the industry. Transformative in how global supply chains operate, with myriad risks for those that fail to adapt, but also gr

Referring to the publication of a mandatory announcement by COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd (CSPL) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 6 January 2023, a HHLA spokesperson states: We can confirm that in objective, constructive talks between Hamburge

Stepping into 2023 Whilst 2022 ended with a fanfare, there is now a quieter feel for tanker markets as we step into 2023. The first Baltic Exchange assessments this week showed some notable red on TCE earnings relative to the values recorde

JAKARTA, Jan 7, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) has secured two collaboration agreements with global partners. The signings were held with the inauguration of the PIS branch office in Dubai, UAE (PIS ME) on

Recently, SunRui Marine Environment EngineeringsignedtwoFPSOcathodic protection orders with CIMC Raffles.The cathodic protection project signed this time will serve P80 and P83 FPSOs built by CIMC Raffles for Petrobras, the worlds largest F

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that the Maputo/Mombasa India Middle East service (MIM) will increase its sailing frequency from fortnightly to weekly in January 2023. In line with this change, ONE will be deploying our vessels to the

The grounding of the Ever Forward impacted 14 acres in Chesapeake Bay (William Doyle/Twitter) Maryland is requiringEvergreen Marine Corp., operators of the containershipEver Forward(127,000 dwt) that grounded in the Chesapeake Bay in March

Members with dry cargo ships trading to Turkish ports are recommended to refer to the attached circular from the clubs local correspondents (Vitsan) regarding a ban on the import of Distillers Dried Grain Solubles (DDGS) containing MON810 c

Shandongs Yantai city signed a strategic cooperation dealwith Shandong Port Group (SPG) on Jan 2, and both sides plan todeepen cooperation in areas such as the construction of its transportation infrastructureand port-vicinity industries, a

Image of A-FSRB (courtesy of NYK Line) ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB) jointly developed by NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY), and IHI Corporation (I