Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea, according to the International Chamber of Commerces International Maritime Bureaus (IMB) annual piracy report.

Freight rates for supertankers on the Mideast Gulf and U.S. Gulf routes to Asia have fallen to their lowest since mid-September as the coronavirus outbreak hit Chinese oil demand, ship brokers told Reuters. Chinas Sinopec Corp, Asias larges

Foreign trade enterprises in China will resume production capacity soon, while authorities are stepping up efforts to improve the business environment and reduce their burden, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Monday. Most foreign trade e

After the outbreak of novel coronavirus, Shenzhen Customs set up a special team to monitor the epidemic situation around the clock through a close cooperation with other government departments. In all ports of the city, Shenzhen Customs has

Novel Coronavirus Precautions A novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is causing an outbreak of pneumonia-type illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and continues to expand in scope an

Cases have been exported from Wuhan to other Chinese provinces and to Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, USA, France and Australia. Further global spread to other countries is possible.

The purpose of this circular is to provide information and guidance, based on recommendations developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the precautions to be taken to minimize risks to seafarers, passengers and others on board sh

On January 31, The US government has lifted sanctions on Cosco Shipping Tanker(Dalian). Although the US government issued twice to extend the temporary exemption for Cosco Shipping Tanker(Dalian), many of its large tankers have been unable

1.US relief to state-linked Chinese tanker owner prompts oversupply concerns in a market already plagued by the coronavirus outbreak. 2.Shipping companies may face delivery delays of vessels fitted with exhaust gas filtering equipment that

Customs authorities across China have stepped up customs clearance for medical supplies from abroad amid the fight against the novel coronavirus. From January 24 to 29, more than 10,000 postal parcels containing safety materials saw fast cu

Captain Peng Yuping usually spends Jan 24, Spring Festival Eve, with his crew in their dormitories at the port of Pingtan, a coastal county in Fuzhou, Fujian province. This was the ninth year the 54-year-old had been scheduled to work durin

The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers has promoted Selina Lau, HKFIs general manager communications and committee, to chief executive. Ms Lau originally joined the HKFI in 1997 and starts her new role on February 1. Peter Tam was previously

Several American and international cruise lines have canceled voyages to and from China, where the coronavirus has killed 213 people and infected 8,200 worldwide, most of them in China. The decision to ground the ships comes as 6,000 people

Hong Kong-based commodity dealer Noble has sold another bulker in its pursuit get out of the shipowning business. Through its subsidiary Moony Hill, the company has sold the 93,000 dwt post-panamax Ocean Sapphire for US$12.75m. Sister ship

A Happiness Index from a Mission to Seafarers survey with 2,000 respondents found that overall seafarer happiness dropped to 6.13/10 from 6.59 the previous quarter, reports Londons Tanker Operator. The latest Seafarers Happiness Index repor