In the joint statement issued after the US-China trade talks on May 17-18, China pledged to significantly increase purchases of US goods and services. But there is a caveat to such a commitment: the products and services from the US, or any

1.China's scientific research ship, Xiangyanghong 01, returned to the port of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province on Friday after completing the first around-the-world maritime research that integrated oceanic and polar research.

OOCL has received the 2017 Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE) Gold Award in the Transport and Logistics Sector category at a ceremony held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The HKAEE encourages businesses

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. This ship was the first ASD tugboat in China

CPC Corporation Taiwan (CPC) is claiming to be the first company to operate diesel electric-powered tankers over 500 dwt. The 2,900 dwt Chung Yu No 21 and Chung Yu No 22 were built specifically to deliver bunkers in the port of Kaohsiung. E

In a paper issued on Monday the Financial Services Development Council has set out a series of radical proposals, which aim to enhance Hong Kong as a competitive maritime centre. Chief among the proposals are tax concessions for maritime an

Steel prices in China are showing signs of recovering as market demand picked up in April, but continued excessive supply in the industry will keep a lid on price rises in the long run, the latest data from an industry association showed.

TAIWANs TS Lines has acquired 1,000 PrimeLINE container refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold, effectively raising its refrigerated cargo capacity by one-quarter. The PrimeLINE units are being installed on a combination of high-cube F

US soybean exports were a big casualty of the escalating trade tensions between the US and China but are now set to benefit from Beijing’s pledge to import more American goods. After two days of talks in Washington last week, both sides re

Chinas scientific research ship, Xiangyanghong 01, returned to the port of Qingdao City, east Chinas Shandong Province on Friday after completing the first around-the-world maritime research that integrated oceanic and polar research. The s

1.PetroChina has cut supplies to some of the industrial users in the northern and western regions of China as it looks to avoid gas shortages it struggled with the past winter.Citing sources, Reuters reports the company’s decision came onl

Trade war,also called “commercial war”,refers to a serious of retaliatory and counter-retaliatory measures that some countries restrict foreign goods to enter domestic market through tariff barriers and non-tariff barriers,at the same ti

Twenty-seven teams from across the industry raised approximately US$115,000 for Sailors’ Society by taking part in the charity’s inaugural Great Wall of China Challenge this weekend (18-21 May).

SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday slipped 2.2 per cent to US$793 per TEU, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI).

1.Telecommunications equipment firm Huawei and telecommunications company China Unicom have unveiled a 5G product that offers smart ports a totally-connected wireless network.The 5G Edge-Cloud Smart Port Solution is, Huawei said, already bei