Tag: China

With a cargo ship recently departing for Jingjiang Port in east China's Jiangsu Province after unloading nearly 20,000 tons of Russia-imported coal at Longkou Port in east China's Shandong Province, a new shipping route linking ports in Russia, Longkou and Jingjiang is officially open.

Heavy fog has disrupted maritime operations in the Qiongzhou Strait near China's Guangdong province, coinciding with widespread snow and freezing rain that is anticipated to impact travel across the country in the coming days.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, examines last year’s fall in real estate investments in China and how the liquidation of Evergrande could affect the dry bulk market. 

The Q1 2024 Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview & Outlook from BIMCO has been released which features an analysis of the dry bulk shipping market regarding supply and demand.

China’s first methanol bunkering vessel “Hai Gang Zhi Yuan” has started operation after an equipment retrofit, according to the Methanol Institute.

Fratelli Cosulich Group announced that the Company placed an order for its first methanol dual-fuelled chemical bunker tanker. The 7,990 dwt IMO Type II chemical vessel will be built at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding Co. in China.

Recently, China Classification Society (CCS) issued the first type approval certificate in China for the computer monitoring and alarm system that meets the requirements of IACS URE27 to Supcon Ocean Technology (Zhejiang) Co.

Stena Line marked a milestone on its journey towards sustainable shipping last week with the Steel Cutting ceremony for the first of its ‘NewMax’ hybrid ferries as construction begins in Weihai, China.  

Ongoing conflicts in the Red Sea have created challenges for global shippers of essential goods, but this is just one of the many issues confronting major carriers as 2024 begins, Reuters highlights.

Recently, Tianjin, Liaoning, Hebei and Shandong MSA jointly published a total of 27 main public routes in the Bohai Sea and its eastern waters, which has been implemented since December 18, 2023.