Container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong apparently continued to improve with volumes rising 10.3% in April to 1.96m teu from 1.78m teu in the previous corresponding period

Eleven seafarers are missing from a Chinese cargoship after it collided with a containership off Hong Kong early on Monday morning.

Container throughput at the port of Hong Kong rose 8.7% to 1.99m teu in March from 1.83m teu in the same month last year.

Pacific Basin continued to do well in its core segments in the first quarter, seeing its strongest Q1 TCE performance since 2011 as the company generated handysize average daily earnings of $10,390 on 13,540 revenue days.

Shipmanager Crowley Maritime has joined the board of Accord Ship Management to form Crowley Accord, amounting to a combined fleet of 60 vessels under management.

Cosco International Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed shipping services arm of the massive Cosco Group, saw net profit fall by a third last year to HKD241.6m ($31.1m) from HKD363.0m previously. Factors such as the prolonged weak shipping market...

The port of Hong Kong saw slightly better performance in February, with throughput rising 6.4% overall to 1.47m teu from 1.38m teu in February 2013. 

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is improving conditions for its dock workers, announcing that all subcontract workers would be guaranteed a pay rise higher than the inflation rate, which last year came in at 4.3%, the company said on the...

Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT) has put two new barge cranes into operation as part of an ongoing effort to boost handling capacity and increase competitiveness.

Listening to shipping research guru Martin Stopford explain what he sees as the future of major shipping cities on Wednesday was always going to give a lot of food for thought. To make it just that a bit more interesting Stopford was being quizzed...