Iron ore shipments at Shulanghu terminal of Ningbo-Zhoushan port reached 58.5m tons as the end of October, exceeding the total volume reported last year.

The northeast Chinese port of Dalian and the miner Rio Tinto have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for port & logistics cooperation and developing a transhipment hub to blend iron ore locally.

Mining company BHP is in talks with three companies over the supply of LNG as a marine fuel to five ships to transport iron ore between western Australia and China, Reuters reported.

China’s Ministry of Transport and National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued notice on the approval of four 400,000 tonne very large ore carrier (VLOC) berths.

Northern Chinese port of Yantai inked the strategic co-operation framework agreement with the world’s largest iron ore producer Vale to promote iron ore product sales and explore new opportunities.

Brazil’s Vale and China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further deepen their cooperation.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Namura Shipbuilding have upgraded a version of the ore carrier Wozmax to LNG-fuelled, and obtained a joint approval-in-principle (AIP) for the concept design from DNV GL.