Supply and Demand in the bulk transport sectors will define the course line ahead. Less ships and more cargo will be the key. The drybulk sector where iron ore, coal, grain and other raw materials dominate is still wrestling with a decade-l

Chinas Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday published the names of 11 private refineries with a plan to allow them to directly import crude oil. The ministry said it has examined the firms applications and found them in accordance with require

The signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation agreement between Tianjin Port Group and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group The same day of the opening of the 2nd World Intelligence Congress, Tianjin Port Group signed a strategic coope

The Hong Kong Shipowners Association yesterday echoed a call for top to bottom reform of the territorys maritime sector, issued by the Financial Services Development Council on Monday. The HKSOA shares the FSDCs concern that Hong Kong must

The newly elected President of The Nautical Institute, Captain Nick Nash FNI FRIN FRGS has pledged to help in its efforts to improve standards of shiphandling and bridge resource management (BRM). Captain Nash is Senior Master for Carnival

In Tuesdays Arrow to the point we argued that China could direct its state-owned crushers to buy US soybeans and on Wednesday Beijing did precisely that by signalling state-run grain purchasers to buy more from America. But it is not just s

Chinas liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports rose 4.3% in April from a month earlier to 3.39 million tonnes, Chinese customs data showed on May 23. LNG imports for the first four months were 15.75 million tonnes, the data showed, an increase

1.One 3824kW ASD tugboat named ”Da Gun Lun 1” which was designed and built by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard for Tianjin linGang Shipping Co.,Ltd was delivered successfully，starting the sail smoothly. 2.CPC Corporation Taiwan (CPC) is c

Chinas spot iron ore prices at ports edged downwards as the pessimistic attitude dominated among market players. Steel mills inquiry is not active. Spot price for 61.5%-Fe PB fines is set at RMB463/wmt at Qingdao Port, including RMB35/tonne

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) said its Guangdong Dapeng LNG terminal hit a milestone of unloading and regasifying over 60 million tons of the chilled fuel. The facilitys current capacity is at 7.7 million tons per year, CNOOC sa

Seven people are missing after a ship sank in seas off east Chinas Shandong Province, local authorities said Wednesday. The ship registered in Henan Province with 11 on board sank at around 6 a.m. Tuesday in the north Yellow Sea, said city

COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) aims to provide more effective and efficient supply chain services through a new alliance with GLP China Holdings Limited and Eshipping Global Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen) Company Limited. The three companie

A Chinese diplomat said on Saturday good progress was being made on negotiations with the Tanzanian government on the $10 billion Bagamoyo megaport and special economic zone, paving the way for the long-delayed construction work to begin. N

There could be a shortage of scrubbers resulting in a worldwide shortage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) after 2020 when IMOs sulphur cap comes into effect, warned Alfa Laval vice president Niclas Dahl, who heads its marine separation and heat tran

Hong Kongs Financial Services Development Councils research paper, released on 21 May with a raft of proposals to develop the territorys maritime cluster, is a brave and direct challenge to arch rival Singapore. It is hard to deny that Sing