China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has tightened regulations of crew changes involving Chinese nationals and vessels and barred all international crew changes.
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has unveiled a new flexible cargo service to meet an anticipated rise in demand for freight services from Asia once the impact of the coronavirus pandemic eases.
China’s state-owned oil firm Sinopec has confirmed that its Guangzhou refinery has started producing very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) for the shipping market.
CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering entered into equity transfer agreement with CSSC Holdings and CSSC Chengxi for internal consolidation of its offshore wind turbine and ship repair business.
A weakening of tanker time-charter earnings over this year can be expected as the tanker shipping market continues to be hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, according to consultancy Maritime Strategies International (MSI).
Container shipping is “riding the storm” amidst the coronavirus outbreak even as disruption to China’s manufacturing output and port operations are creating a big reduction in the supply of containerised goods, according to consultancy Maritime...
The dry bulk shipping market must brace itself to face more impact from the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak originating from the Chinese city of Wuhan, given that China imports around 40% of global dry bulk cargoes, according to consultancy...
Northeast China port operator Liaoning Port Group launched the first domestic container shipping service from Panjin, Liaoning province to Binzhou, Shandong province.
With the spread of the coronavirus not yet believed to be at its peak, the oil and tanker shipping markets have responded to the outbreak with a number of operational changes, according to analyst Poten & Partners.
