The Hong Kong Shipping Register (HKSR) has announced it has crossed the 100m gross tonnage (gt) mark at the end of September with a total of 2,449 ships listed, ranking it as the fourth largest ship register in the world.
Leading ship manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has hit the milestone of operating 50 fully managed vessels from its centre in Hong Kong with the handover of Interlink’s MV Priority.
While there are some strong positive trends that will drive growth in use of LNG as marine fuel use in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta (PRD), the reality is progress is likely to be slow and hampered by major issues.
The Port of Hong Kong continued its negative growth slide in August, with overall throughput falling 9.8% to 1.74m teu from 1.92m teu in the previous corresponding period.
Seatrade has announced a shortlist of 54 finalists for the 8th Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia to be held on 16 November in Hong Kong.