Greater China
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JP Morgan joins Havfram to build wind turbine installation vessels at CIMC Raffles
US investment firm JP Morgan has teamed up with Norway-headquartered subsea and offshore wind contractor Havfram to build a series…
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Dalian bans reefer imports in wake of latest Covid outbreak
Not for the first time the Chinese government has sought to cast Covid-19 cases as a foreign import, taking the…
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Lars Christiansen takes top job at CU Lines
Liner veteran Lars Christiansen has been appointed co-CEO at one of this year’s fastest growing carriers, China United Lines (CU…
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Cosco invests RMB1bn into SF Express
China’s top maritime conglomerate has firmed ties with the nation’s number one express operator. State-run Cosco Shipping has bought RMB1bn…
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Marintec China falls victim to Beijing’s zero-Covid strategy
With 19 days to go until this year’s largest shipping exhibition, the authorities in Shanghai have taken the decision to…
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China adds new supply chain kink by curtailing vessel tracking in local waters
China’s new Personal Information Protection Law, which came into effect at the start of the month, has sent international ship…
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Wan Hai continues secondhand boxship buying spree with Allseas Marine deal
Wan Hai is spending some of its triple-digit war chest it recently earmarked for secondhand ship acquisitions. The Taiwanese containerline…
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Buffed out nicely: Ever Given shows off completed nose job
Nearly eight months on from the moment it rammed into the eastern banks of the Suez Canal, crunching its bow,…
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Chinese fertiliser shipment kicks up a stink in Sri Lanka
The crew of the Marshall Islands-flagged handy bulk carrier find themselves at the centre of an Asian diplomatic spat, drifting…
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Chinese player makes swift profit on first ship acquisition
Beijing-based Solebay has turned its recent shipowning entry into gold. Six months ago the Chinese bulker player made headlines for…
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MMA Offshore forms Taiwanese wind JV
Australian OSV operator and services provider MMA Offshore has acquired 49.9% of the shares in the Taiwanese survey company Global…
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CDB Leasing snaps up 16 bulk carriers
China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) has announced the purchase of 16 bulk carriers Tianjin-based Zhongxin Shipping ordered at…
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Evergreen supersizes existing orders to 24,000 teu class
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine has placed an order at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of two 24,000 teu containerships in…
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Container spot rates in free-fall
Container spot rates are falling – and are unlikely to see any noticeable edge up for the remainder of what…
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China joins the race to develop ammonia-fuelled ships
With South Korea and Japan leading the race in ammonia-fuelled vessel developments, China is now showing its hand by securing…
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Captain’s Table finalists announced
This week the Captain’s Table kicked off the bootcamp cycle for its 2021 cohort with the eight finalists for the…
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Dongfang Shipyard assets to be auctioned
The last vestiges of a shipyard that emerged during the great boom of the first century are to be sold…
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Wisdom Marine books ultramax pair at Imabari
Taiwanese bulk shipping operator Wisdom Marine has returned to Imabari Shipbuilding with an order for two ultramax newbuilds. The Taipei-based…
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Start-up hub
In an increasingly competitive landscape for start-ups in the maritime and logistics space, Tabitha Logan and Su Yin Anand, founders…
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Venture Global signs largest US long-term LNG contract with China’s Sinopec
Venture Global LNG has sealed long-term liquefied natural gas supply deals with China’s Sinopec and its trading arm Unipec, said…
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