Chinese-built Lamu port in Kenya is expected to be launched in December and will receive its first ship call from Maersk Line.

A shaken Greek maritime cluster has put pressure on Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis to raise concerns about a raft of customs duties China is said to be putting on imported marine equipment and spare parts as well as in the provision of...

CIMC Raffles and China’s State Power Investment Corporation Shandong Branch have inked a strategic cooperation agreement in CIMC Offshore Engineering Research Institute for the development of offshore wind power.

China’s State Council has approved the merger country’s two largest shipbuilders, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).

Greece is keen to further expand its developing commercial relationship with China to include the establishment of Chinese banks in Greece.

China Development Bank is to provide $629m to finance China Harbour Engineering Company for the construction and operation of Lekki deep sea port, the first deepsea port in Nigeria.

The UK’s Department of International Trade (DIT) and the country’s Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) are teaming up to provide support for British companies preparing to attend China’s largest maritime exhibition, Marintec China, in December.

China’s state-owned bunker supplier Chimbusco revealed that it has secured at least 4m tonnes of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and started initial supplies to all major Chinese ports from bonded storage, ahead of IMO 2020, reports said.

Japan’s NYK has completed a trial on the world’s first autonomous ship, a 70,826-tonne pure car truck carriers (PCTC) Iris Leader, sailing from China to Japan.

China issued the plan to strengthen the nation’s position in transportation sector with an aim to improve infrastructure and expand the logistics network globally.