Four of the eight seafarers remaining in Sri Lanka following the X-Press Pearl fire and sinking in May/June this year have been allowed to leave the country.

The World Logistics Passport (WLP) is entering into China market for the first time and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Fujian Port Group.

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait up to 7 December 2021.

Following port charges adjustment of Ningbo-Zhoushan port, the southern Chinese port of Guangzhou is to increase international container handling charges starting from the beginning of next year.

China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) is to acquire nine tankers at a total cost of $172m from Torm.

Dwell times could be set to soar at ports global as vessel delays see export containers stuck on the dockside warn analysts project44.

Shanghai Salvage Company (SSC) have been appointed for the wreck removal of the X-Press Pearl off Sri Lanka.

Japan’s classification society ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register.

China has launched the newly established state-owned China Logistics Group with investors from the shipowning, ports and aviation sectors.

Liberia’s Maritime Authority, and the Maritime Safety Administration of the Peoples Republic of China (MSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) together in Beijing.