Lead times for low sulphur fuels have gone up in Fujairah on the week, with most suppliers being able to offer for the grade from 26 August onwards. HSFO380 is still tight in Fujairah as well, with lead times stretching to 8 days after a su

Capesize freight rates on the key iron ore route from Brazil into China hit a decade high on Aug. 18 on bullish fundamentals and the resurgence of activity in the Atlantic region. Strong demand for shipping iron ore out of Brazil, firm sent

A.P. Moller - Maersk has identified its partners to produce green fuel for its first vessel to operate on carbon neutral methanol: REintegrate, a subsidiary of the Danish renewable energy company European Energy. REintegrate and European En

Eaglestar announced the appointment of its first Malaysian female Master - Captain Eezmaira Sazzea Binti Shaharuzzaman who has successfully taken command of Seri Bijaksana, a 153,000 cbm LNG carrier. Captain Eezmaira Sazzea was among the fi

Capital-Executive Ship Management Corp. (Capital-Executive) today announced the successful completion of the latest phase of the Smart-Bearing research project. The smart bearing sensor was last installed and tested on board the Capital-Exe

The official website of IMO officially released the unmanned ship trial report proposal (Report on MASS trials) completed by Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration. This is the first unmanned ship trial report proposal adopted by IMO in C

The worlds largest Floating Production Storage Offloading platform (FPSO) was fully refitted at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry and launched smoothly. FPSO is also known as offshore oil factories, which connect subsea oil wells and drilling pl

A Floating and Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) ordered by China National Offshore Oil Company Energy and Technology Services Company (Cenertech)to serve the Lu Feng 12-3 Oilfield is to be built to ABS Class. The 100,000 DWT

In an industry first, ABS has awarded China Merchants Industry (CMI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for its self-developed Deep-Sea Mining Riser and Lift System. The AIP follows ABS awarding AIP for CMIs deep-sea mining system design, which wa

UECCs ambitious effort to upgrade its fleet with low-carbon vessels remains on track with the launch this week of the second in a series of three LNG battery hybrid newbuilds at a Chinese yard. The latest newbuild pure car and truck carrier

On August 18, China Shipbuilding Trading and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry delivered another 115,000DWT crude/product tanker MAERSK SIMONE to Maersk Tankers. The ship is the sixth ship of Maersks 115,000DWT crude/product tankers undertaken b

On August 18, General Administration of Customs released the latest statistics monthly report on Chinas imports and exports in July. Statistics show that in July this year, China exported 535 ships, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year, and th

On the morning of August 18, China Merchants Port announced that Wang Xiufeng will be appointed as vice chairman and CEO of China Merchants Port, and relevant procedures will be followed in accordance with regulations. Previously, China Mer

GTTandCCS, the China classification society, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning a technical cooperationfor the application of GTT membrane technology. In the framework of this agreement,GTT and CCS will cooperateon t

Chinese authorities are expected to begin a phased reopening of a container terminal at the massive Port of Ningbo by the end of the week if no further COVID infections are detected. And the overall effects on ocean shipping so far have bee