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Greater China
Antong Holdings raises cash for fleet expansion
Antong Holdings, the parent group of Chinese domestic shipping operator Ansheng Shipping, has announced that the company’s new fund raising…
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Americas
Foremost secures Taiwanese financing for newbuild bulker pair
US-based dry bulker owner Foremost Group has entered into a $41.14m loan deal with First Bank of Taiwan to finance…
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Asia
Keppel awarded product barge upgrade contract
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a S$30m ($21.7m) contract from KrisEnergy for the modification and upgrading of a…
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Greater China
Jiangsu Ocean Shipping books ultramax quartet at NACKS and DACKS
Chinese state-run shipping firm Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (Josco) has placed an order at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) and…
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Greater China
CSC Phoenix acquires handy bulker
Chinese domestic bulk shipping operator CSC Phoenix has announced that the company’s subsidiary Shanghai Huatai Shipping has entered into an…
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Greater China
Weihai Jiaodong puts roro ship up for sale
Weihai Jiaodong International Container Shipping, a subsidiary of Weihai Port, has put its 1991-built roro ship Grand Peace up for…
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Offshore
WorleyParsons secures EPCI contract from Lundin
Offshore engineering service provider Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) by Lundin Norway…
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Asia
Rallying call to fix shipping’s gender imbalance
At a high profile event in Manila yesterday the Philippines’ first ever female chief engineer issued a stark reminder to…
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Asia
Calls for comprehensive STCW revision grow
The rapid evolution of technology is not being followed by the development of maritime personnel competence, and the current International…
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Greater China
China to remove foreign ownership restriction in all shipping sectors
China is looking to remove foreign ownership restrictions in all shipping sectors, as part of its efforts to further strengthen…
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Middle East
Zakher Marine secures Chinese financing for newbuild liftboats
UAE-based Zakher Marine International has completed a $125m financing deal with China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure), the official…
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Middle East
Telford Offshore awarded OCV contract
UAE-Based offshore service provider Telford Offshore has been awarded a charter contract from Indonesian construction company Timas Suplindo for multi-purpose…
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Greater China
Court blacklists CSC Phoenix boss
A court in Wenzhou has ruled to put Chen Deshun, the owner of Tianjin Shunhang Shipping and CSC Phoenix, into…
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Europe
APM Terminals plans IPO in Bahrain
APM Terminals is planning to raise around BHD12m ($32m) for its Bahrain unit through an IPO on the Bahrain Bourse.…
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Greater China
SITC books three more feeder boxships at Yangzijiang
Chinese boxship operator SITC International Holdings has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for the construction of three 2,700…
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Greater China
Sinochem orders four chemical tankers at Wuchang Shipbuilding
Chinese state-run chemicals trading group Sinochem has placed an order at CSIC-affilated Wuchang Shipbuilding for the construction of up to…
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Greater China
Three vessels collide at Kaohsiung Port
Two tankers and one containership were involved in a collision incident at Kaohsiung Port on Saturday. According to local reports,…
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Greater China
Shanghai Stock Exchange approves Nanjing Tanker relisting
Nanjing Tanker, the tanker arm of Sinotrans & CSC, has announced that the company has received approval from Shanghai Stock…
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Greater China
Chemical tanker leak causes chaos at Quanzhou Port
China’s Quanzhou Port suffered a major incident at one of its petrochemical terminals on Sunday, resulting in nearly seven tons…
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Greater China
Last Five Stars Fujian ship to be auctioned
Ningbo Marine Court is going to hold an auction to sell the 2010-built capesize bulker through online platform Taobao on…
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