Asia

As I write this I’ve just finished moderating my final conference session of the year at Seatrade Maritime Middle East Virtual. With myself in Singapore, speakers in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong, some bleary-eyed colleagues in the UK...

China’s three major shipbuilding indexes have shown further declines during the first 11 months of this year.

BW LPG’s first retrofitted dual-fuel VLGC BW Gemini has been involved in a minor collision off Panama.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has made an urgent plea for a crew change solution for seafarers onboard the chartered bulker Anastasia stuck off the coast of Northern China.

China’s SPDB Financial Leasing has placed an order at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of six 82,000 dwt bulk carriers.

A landmark ruling from UN agency International Labour Organisation (ILO) Committee of Experts has found governments are in breach of seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) during the...

Shipping lines have complained that a new law proposed by India’s Shipping Ministry that pushes for greater transparency on ocean pricing amounts to “government interference”.

The ongoing severe shortage of containers that is driving up freight rates is due mainly to logistical issues, not fleet underinvestment, according to shipping analyst Drewry.

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.