Greater China
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China hits 45% of global offshore wind capacity
China has reached 45% of global offshore wind capacity, with 102 farms involving around 5,000 turbines adding up to 24…
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China port congestion seen growing on back of local lockdowns and poor weather
Local lockdowns combined with stormy weather is seeing congestion rise at many ports across China again. Shanghai, which suffered a…
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Hengli buys STX Dalian
One of the largest shipbuilding bases in China is being resuscitated after an eight-year hiatus due to bankruptcy. Hengli Heavy…
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Fleet Management links with Marubeni for new shipmanagement unit in Singapore
Hong Kong’s Fleet Management has launched a new integrated shipmanagement business in Singapore in collaboration with MMSL, a Singapore subsidiary…
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Hellenic Cables awarded Taiwanese wind farm contract
Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, has secured a contract to supply of inter-array cables for the Hai…
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Rising covid cases in China spark further lockdowns
For the first time in nearly a month, Splash returns to the thorny topic of China and covid lockdowns today. …
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PIL taps Yangzijiang for LNG-fuelled boxship quartet
Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has placed an order at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China for the construction of four 8,000…
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Twelve bodies found after South China Sea typhoon shipwreck
Chinese search and rescue teams recovered twelve bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after a typhoon-hit offshore…
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Boxport congestion spreads across the globe again
Boxport congestion is growing across multiple continents. Clarkson’s containership port congestion index shows that as of last Thursday 36.2% of…
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26 missing as typhoon sinks offshore wind installation vessel in South China Sea
Twenty-six crewmembers remain unaccounted for from an offshore wind installation vessel that snapped in two and sank after being caught…
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Signs that China’s battered housing markets have bottomed out
Cape owners will be hoping that the bottom has been reached in China’s real estate rout, which has hit global…
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New boxship entrant orders up to eight feeders at Huangpu Wenchong
CA Shipping, a newly formed joint venture between CSSC Shipping’s Fortune Container Carriers and ASL Navigation, has placed an order…
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Russian forwarders set up liner services to Asia
Russian forwarders have launched their own liner services linking their domestic ports to China and India as most global liners,…
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China Merchants books two more aframax tankers at Dalian
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has returned to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for more aframax tankers. Clarksons is reporting the…
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CDB Leasing in for more New Dayang bulkers
China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) has returned to New Dayang Shipbuilding with a new deal worth up to…
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BAL Container Line orders its first ships
Fast growing Chinese containership operator BAL Container Line has placed its first newbuild orders. Clarkson Research Services is reporting the…
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Trouble at the mill: China’s declining steel demand has cape owners on edge
China’s plummeting steel demand and falling prices for the metal are putting cape owners on edge.China’s steel market, the world’s…
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Yang Ming and HMM hit by collusion charges in the US
At the end of May America’s official maritime regulator concluded there was no sign of collusion or price gauging by…
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Offshore wind spending to pass $100bn mark in 2030
The offshore wind industry is expected to experience a surge in installations and investments this decade, with total capital expenditure…
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Golden Energy Offshore extends payment deadline for PSV pair
Norwegian owner Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has reached a mutual understanding with China’s offshore yard, Nantong Rainbow Offshore (ROC),…
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