On April 15, the naming ceremony of M.V. COSCO SHIPPING ZHI CHENG was held virtually in Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. The vessel is a 62,000 DWT multi-purpose specialized pulp carrier built by COSCO SHIPPING D

While many factories in Shanghai remain closed or are preparing to resume production, the citys ports are helping to keep supply chains running by shipping goods for export that are coming by waterways from nearby areas in the Yangtze River

Bauxite shipments arriving in China hit new record levels in the first quarter of 2022 and grew at an average annual rate of 12.8% between 2017 and 2021, significantly outpacing all other commodities which combined grew at an average of jus

A newly published guidance paper from DNV seeks to support the prevention and mitigation of blackouts impacting passenger vessels. With blackout incidents on cruise ships on the rise, DNV has created a new guidance titled Managing the risk

Korean Register (KR) Senior Surveyor, HASeungman, has been awarded the prestigious Denny Medal from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science Technology (IMarEST). The renowned Denny Medal is awarded to the best paper published in the Jo

April has delivered a shock to the system for long-term ocean freight rates from the US to the Far East, with significant falls on both East Coast and West Coast routes. The surprise development, revealed by Oslo-based Xenetas weekly market

Maritime satellite communications are evolving to serve the ever-increasing data demands of a digitally maturing shipping industry The twin trends towards decarbonisation and digitalisation in shipping are driving an exponential increase in

On April 20, Chipolbrokheld a cloud delivery ceremony for the ship PILECKI. The ship is the third of the four 62,000-dwt multi-purpose heavy lift vessels ordered by Chipolbrokin CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, and is currently the largest multi-purp

Tackling the barriers to transition may be the single most important issue facing the shipping industry on its path to decarbonisation. To succeed, new commercial solutions and shared responsibilities between charterers and shipowners will

The 34th Interim Meeting of ASA SPC was held online on 18 April 2022 due to precautionary measures against COVID-19. The meeting was chaired by Mr Keiji Tomoda, Vice President of the Japanese Shipowners Association and participated in by 24

CNOOC Limited announced thatthe Company was officially listed on the A-share market, which marked the Companys success in building a platform for domestic and international capital management. It will open a new chapter for the Company to s

Shanghais foreign trade expanded by 14.6 percent year-on-year, to 1.01 trillion yuan ($158 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, with exports of automobiles, mobile phones, lithium-ion batteries doubling in growth, despite the challenge po

The total cargo throughput of Shenzhen Port in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen reached about 59.68 million tonnes in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, including over 47 million tonnes of foreign trade cargo, local authorities said. In t

On April 18, 2022, the closing ceremony was held at the meeting room on 8th floor of New Times Office Building for one unit of 163,000 DWT Crude Oil Tanker named OCEANIA with Builders Hull No.0316324 that was built for Dynacom Tankers Manag

A two-day course for Chinese college students ended on Dong Fang Hong-3 (DFH-3), a domestically built silent research vessel, on Monday. Students from six universities experienced a variety of lessons, including a marine safety emergency dr