After attending the conference call at 0900 GMT on the 17th Dec, Xinde Marine News leaned that the global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to form the worlds first collaborative shipping RD programme to help eliminate CO2

China commissioned the CNS Shandong its second aircraft carrier and the first such ship wholly designed and built domestically on Tuesday afternoon at a naval base in Sanya, Hainan province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of t

In the future, BIMCO will have a Marine Environment Committee and a Maritime Safety and Security Committee. The new setup reflects the meeting structure at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and will facilitate a better handling

The China Coast Guard Thursday said its emergency hotline has been operated smoothly since the service was launched in July. It has received 22,654 emergency calls and handled 2,755 cases, involving smuggling, drug trafficking, illegal sand

Taiwans Wisdom Marine has contracted Onomichi Dockyard in Japan to build a 37,000 dwt bulk carrier. The ship will cost $24m, Wisdom stated in a public disclosure on its site. In a busy year of expansion for the Taiwanese shipping firm, Wisd

Mr. Simon Neo is the Exe Director of SDE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, which formed by like mind individuals with a combine total of about 80 years of experience within the bunkering and oil industry. He gave the answer that how is Asia transformi

Mr. Simon Neo is the Exe Director of SDE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, which formed by like mind individuals with a combine total of about 80 years of experience within the bunkering and oil industry. He gave the answer that how is Asia transformi

1.China MSA has recently launched special safety supervision work for ships intending to enter the waters near Zhuhai. 2.Andy Tung announced on Friday he is stepping down as co-chief executive at OOCL at the end of this month, handing over

China MSA has recently launched special safety supervision work for ships intending to enter the waters near Zhuhai. The relevant matters are notified as follows: Implementation time and scope (1) During the period from December 16 to Decem

On December 16th, the first domestic 1,300-ton self-propelled self-propelled wind power installation ship Tiejian Wind Power 01 built by COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore was delivered for use, marking that Chinas offshore wind power install

Co-Chief Executive Officer at Hong Kongs OOCL, Andy Tung, will step down from the role at the end of the year, it has been announced. The announcement, made through a note to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, said Mr Tung will cease to be a mem

Another pair of oil drilling platforms got exported on Friday at a port of east Chinas Shanghai Municipality, amid the recovering demand for drilling equipment. The pair departing on Friday are designed with a maximum drilling depth of arou

The China Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI), a wind vane of Chinas busiest ports freight rates for the international container shipping market, stood at 853.2 points Friday, up by 10.2 percent from last week. The NCFI is issued week

IMO 2020 0.5 Sulphur regulations will soon take effect, and the confusion over LSFO pricing remains a huge issue. There are some 4.5-5.0 million tons of LSFO in floating storage off Singapore, so if your vessel is in that area, finding LSFO

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index fell for a ninth-straight session on December 16, as the capesize index hit its lowest level in nearly six months. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels t