Members are reminded that in order to ensure that liabilities for the carriage of cargo on deck fall within Club cover, the contract of carriage must contain an appropriate liberty or be endorsed with a suitable clause. However, a clause su

In a spate of activity since its formal launch in March, the initial phase of the Glofouling Partnerships project is now well and truly underway with a series of technical workshops in the Pacific. The key message delivered to participants

China aims to launch a bonded low-sulphur bunker fuel oil contract that will allow foreign investors to participate in trading by the end of 2019, the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) said on Thursday. A 0.5 percent sulphur content cap in s

Hong Kong-based Wallem Group has signed a global key account management contract with Man Energy Solutions that will see the engine manufacturer supply main engines, generators and turbochargers across the Wallem fleet. The global agreement

Iron ore futures in China edged down in early trade on July 4, taking a breather after a five-day rally that pushed prices of the steelmaking raw material to their highest in more than five years. The most-active iron ore contract on the Da

The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier orders slipped by 39 percent during the first half of 2019, compared to the same period last year, data from VesselsValue shows. Out of the total orders, Maran Gas Maritime has placed a tota

China will further optimize the business environment in ports to spur cross-border trade, officials from the General Administration of Customs said on Wednesday. Hu Wei, deputy director of the administration, said during a news briefing tha

1.With an annual throughput of over 1 billion tons, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is the worlds largest port in terms of cargo throughput. At present, 12 licensed players are supplying marine fuel oil for vessels on international voyages with a flee

On June 28, the 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting of Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), controlled and operated by COSCO SHIPPING, was held at the Athens Stock Exchange. The shareholders who attended the meeting hold 21,624,235 shares of PPA, acc

Hong Kongs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced Asia-Europe sailing cancellations over the next few months. In a statement, the shipping said that in response to the expected low demand in the market, it wa

With an annual throughput of over 1 billion tons, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is the worlds largest port in terms of cargo throughput. At present, 12 licensed players are supplying marine fuel oil for vessels on international voyages with a fleet

Many prominent members of Hong Kongs maritime community turned out in force last Friday (June 28) to witness the christening of a pair of harbour tugs said to be the most powerful operating in the harbour. The vessels, owned by Hongkong Tow

As per information from Yantai MSA, foreign vessels often wrongfully pass through the navigation-restricted areas around Miaodao Archipelago nowadays. As advised, around ten cases happened annually in the recent three years. According to La

Chinas iron ore futures finished higher on Wednesday. The most active contract for September 2019 delivery finished the day session up 2.48 percent to 908.5 yuan per ton. China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign

The container market is confronting more than its fair share of headwinds. The recently published Container Forecaster from global shipping consultancy, Drewry, highlights concerns of a slowing global economy stoked by the ongoing US-China