With increasing demand for fruits in China, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will introduce an express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia.

Container volumes have continued to surge at major Chinese container ports in mid-October, in line with rapid growth globally.

French oil major Total has delivered its first shipment of carbon neutral LNG to China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC).

China’s port operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and the southeast city of Suzhou in Jiangsu province have joined hands to promote river container shipping business.

China Classification Society (CCS) has recorded a stronger annual performance in 2019 with the total gross tonnage of vessels surveyed crossing 155.12m gt, up 7.2% on 2018.

The container volume at eight major Chinese ports up 4% in late September compared to the same period of last year.

China’s western new international land-sea trade corridor connecting to Singapore has seen 3,174 trips during the first three quarters of this year, nearly double total number in 2019.

Transport and logistics firm DSV Panalpina Corporate has introduced a new intercontinental road freight between China and Europe, offering an alternative to air, rail and sea freight.

China is set to allow 10 ports to resume foreign crew change operations with a new ‘circuit breaker’ mechanism to be implemented, according to an update by Bimco.

Brazilian miner Vale and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port are setting up a joint venture to build, own and operate a terminal Shulanghu port, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province.