Star Cruises marked the inaugural sailing of the SuperStar Aquarius from her new Qingdao homeport earlier this week, and also announced the SuperStar Virgo would homeport in Qingdao starting in November. Ang Moo Lim, President of Star Cruis

Chinas crude oil output edged down 1.6 percent year on year to 15.97 million tons in May, narrowing from a 2.3-percent decline in April, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China produced 515,000 tons of crude oi

Chinas coastal bulk cargo shipping market softened slightly in the week ending June 15 amid slack demand, with a wait-and-see mood haunting downstream enterprises. Regarding coal, power producers became restrained from buying the material a

OCEAN Network Express (ONE) first 14,000 TEU newbuild to bear the joint ventures distinctive magenta branding ONE Stork has made its maiden call in Hong Kong. The ONE Stork called at Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) last Sunday having

When it comes complying with the IMOs 2020 0.5% low sulphur regulation scrubbers have not received much good press, but a mix of anlaysts,researchers and classification society officials at Posidonia all saw them as a good solution attracti

The shipping industry - as represented by its international trade associations (BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and WSC) - calls on the Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to make progress on key challenges aro

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) yesterday announced that it jointly hosted the Shanghai LNG Forum 2018 with COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co., Ltd. (CSET) and Shanghai Maritime University. The keywords

In a quick response to U.S. tariffs, Beijing announced on Friday its own duties on American products, including the politically sensitive areas of agriculture products and automobiles. The Chinese State Councils commission on tariffs and cu

Imported iron ore market remains firm in the morning and partial traders are inclined to raise quotations for mainstream iron ore lumps due to good demand; most traders tend to focus on sales. Steel mills in North China are active in inquir

1.Recently, the ministry of transport, the national development and reform commission issued that partial port charges will start from June 20, 2018. 2.Investments in LNG have far to go for smaller ports,according to a new report, pre

On the morning of June 15, 2018, Jiangsu Zhejiang Shipyard started steel cutting of the first dual-fuel power (LNG/ fuel) ASD dual-purpose tugboat constructed for the port of Zhoushan in Ningbo.This is another China first project built by J

TAIWANs Evergreen is expanding its container transport choices for customers between Asia and Australia by teaming up with Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and APL to provide a new weekly Central South China-Australia Express (CAE) service. Fi

HONG KONGs Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced various changes in its intra-Asia loops on north-south runs to come into effect in July and August. First there is a change in its A3 product to provide more competitive service

The global shipping industry as represented by its international trade associations (BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the World Shipping Council) have and an urgent call on the Member States of the Intern

Oil prices ended higher on Monday as investors were awaiting the upcoming OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting. The West Texas Intermediate for July delivery was up 0.79 dollar to settle at 65.85 U.S. dollars a b