Asia

China Merchants Ports has kicked off a major port intelligent construction project for application at Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT).

The Port of Barcelona has joined an international entity supporting the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund, an initiative that seeks to guarantee the safety of seafarers when crew changes are carried out on ships.

The problems of attracting young people to take up a career as seafarers had been long debated, even before the Covid-19 pandemic and the crew change crisis left hundred of thousands of seafarers stranded onboard vessels.

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has signed a RMB15bn ($2.3bn) offshore wind power project with Xingcheng municipal government in Liaoning province.

A first-of-a-kind climate finance report has been disclosed by the 15 bank signatories of the Poseidon Principles, showing that the average decarbonisation trajectory fell short of IMO’s initial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target.

Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has reached an agreement with shipowner HMM and coatings firm Jotun to utilise robots for hull cleaning.

CMA CGM has ramped up its capacity between Asia and Europe in response to “unprecedented demand” for shipping services.

Shanghai-headquartered ContiOcean Group has been awarded the first ship cyber security system solution Approval-in-Principle (AIP) certificate in Asia by Lloyd’s Register (LR).

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a transportation deal with compatriot Tohoku Electric Power to use a coal carrier equipped with hard sail wind power propulsion system.

Singapore’s port authority and China’s Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support talent and academic exchange between the two countries in the maritime sector.