Several cruise ships are stranded at sea, some with confirmed coronavirus cases on board, as the pandemic expands around the globe. Some ships have been denied port, leaving them to anchor off the coast of a country. Other cruises have dock

Chinas southern coal import region of Xinsha in Guangdong province has issued verbal notices to local shipping agents and traders to restrict seaborne thermal coal arriving after March 16 as the local import volume has exceeded the quota of

VLCC A week ago in the Middle East, the Saudis lowered their April crude Official Selling Price (OSP) and raised production levels by 2.6 million barrels per day (BPD), to 12.7m BPD, with an additional one million BPD coming from the United

Increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases are now reported in countries across all continents except Antarctica, and the rate of new cases outside of China has outpaced the rate in China. All ships undertaking international voyages, and particul

Chinas coastal bulk freight market has seen a decline in general demand in the week ending Friday, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE). The composite index for coastal bulk freight fell 0.4 percent week on week to 901.18, the

Despite the COVID-19 delays impacting many of Chinas repair shipyards, SeaQuest Shipmanagement has ensured that a clients handysize bulk carrier completed her second special survey, dry-dock and Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofi

Severe congestion at Chinese ports is easing, say officials and industry participants, although a logjam of refrigerated containers has disrupted supplies of fresh and frozen food and pushed up freight rates outside China. Thousands of refr

Costa Cruises announced on Friday it will be suspending all of its global voyages until April 3 in the wake of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak around the globe. The company said all of its cruises have strengthened epidemi

There are signs that shipping operations in China are returning to normal, according to figures from Lloyds List Intelligence, which show the number of container-related vessel calls at the major container hub of Shanghai and Yangshan have

The ship sank at around 1500 Beijing time Mar 14, of 13 crew, 10 were rescued, 3 are missing. Cargo ship JING WEI 188 sank reportedly, on Mar 14 or 15, in southern Taiwan Strait south of Xiamen, 3 crew are missing. The ship was en route fro

1.Coronavirus infections in China have markedly declined in recent weeks, but the Asian giants economic recovery may be held back by the global outbreak, 2.Taiwans Evergreen has rolled out online booking platform, GreenX to provide shippers

The 70,000 DWT wood chips ship was launched on 10th March 2020, this is the first of the series ordered by NOVA in June 2018. The order was reported then consisting 4 with 4 options. The launching also shows the full recovery of this state-

Taiwans Evergreen has rolled out online booking platform, GreenX to provide shippers and forwarders instant quotes and allow them to book space with prioritised equipment within minutes. Launched in January, the platform has received 2,000

The IMO Headquarters building is closed to visitors and staff, on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 March, as a precautionary measure due to the COVID-19 virus. This follows the 11 March assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) that COVID-

Viking Cruises announced it is cancelling cruises through April 30, becoming the first major cruise line to take such drastic measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Cruise line Viking has decided to temporarily suspend ocean and