Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged to restore the ecological environment of the Yangtze River during an inspection tour of Hubei and Hunan provinces in central China on Wednesday.

HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has advised customers of the need to provide extra data on imports required on Indian import bills of lading.

Marcel Liedts, chief operating officer of Hong Kong-based shipmanager Anglo Eastern Group, were finally recognised with the Dedication to the Maritime Industries Award at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia event in Singapore on 25 April.

With less than two years before the sulphur cap comes into force, LNG is looking more plausible as the marine fuel of the 21st Century, a report by the shipping consultancy Drewry notes.

Two ratifications to a key compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) by ship have brought the instrument a step closer to entry into force.

China has seen steady growth in trading and storage of its newly-launched crude oil futures, one month after its debut.

Iron ore spot market shows flat performance today. Most traders are bearish towards the following market influenced by falling spot market transactions and futures market. They start to sell their own iron ore cargos. Iron ore spot market pr

A tie-up between the Baltic Exchange and digital container freight platform, Freightos is to launch an audited benchmark for the container shipping industry.

Chinese LNG imports are on track to set an annual record this year due to strong policy support, with January and February imports averaging more than 4 million tonnes per month, according to the consultancy Poten & Partners.

BEIJING - Amid escalating protectionism and isolationism in some advanced economies, China is opening its door to the world with easier trade policies and increased import orders.

Shanghai was the world's busiest container port in 2017, according to a report by shipping consultancy service Alphaliner. Shanghai handled a total of 40 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) last year, an 8.3 percent increase from t

The French scientific marine expedition vessel "Tara" is in Shanghai for a two-week stopover. The French scientific marine vessel "Tara" is in Shanghai for a two-week stopover during its first expedition to the Chinese mainland.

Iron ore spot market shows fair performance today. Most traders hold their offers at the same level as that of yesterday supported by transactions and futures market yesterday. Partial traders raise their quotations for mainstream cargos by

Zhejiang province in East China reported economic growth of 7.4 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2018, 0.6 percentage point higher than the national average, authorities said.

COSCO Shipping has named its newest 20,119-TEU containership, the 202,000-dwt Cosco Shipping Gemini built and delivered by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC).