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CWind Taiwan seals crew transfer vessel charter with Siemens Gamesa
CWind Taiwan, a joint venture between International Ocean Group (IOG) and CWind, part of the Global Marine Group has concluded…
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Omicron cases detected in Shenzhen and Beijing
In China, the number of Covid-19 cases across the county reached the highest since March 2020 on Monday, as the…
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Yang Ming board approves fleet expansion plans
Yang Ming, the world’s ninth largest container shipping company, is spending some of the bumper profits it made last year.…
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Tianjin forced into greater lockdown as Covid-19 cases spread to Shanghai and Dalian
Cases of Covid-19 are spreading in Tianjin, forcing wider lockdowns, while other Chinese port cities including Dalian and Shanghai reported…
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Hong Kong looks to split the government’s Transport and Housing Bureau
The Hong Kong government has proposed to re-organise its structure, including splitting the current Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) into…
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Tribini Capital exits shipowning with sale of boxships to Maersk
Alphaliner is reporting the 2,754 teu sister ships MCC Ningbo and MCC Chittagong have been sold to Maersk, marking the…
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Omicron outbreak sees Tianjin enter partial lockdown
A breakout of the omicron strain of Covid-19 over the weekend has seen the port city of Tianjin near Beijing…
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CU Lines teams with Emirates Shipping and Global Feeder Shipping for new Middle East service
Fast expanding China United Lines (CU Lines) is readying a new Middle East service. The company has teamed up with…
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Hudong-Zhonghua lands $1.18bn deal for six LNG carriers
CSSC-affiliated Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has won a contract from Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) to build six 174,000 cu…
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Shenzhen on alert as more Covid-19 cases crop up
China’s whac-a-mole approach to containing Covid-19 is seeing restrictions rushed in at many more important hubs across the country as…
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CSSC Leasing books LNG newbuild at Hudong-Zhonghua
CSSC Leasing has placed an order at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for the construction of a 174,000 cu m liquefied natural gas…
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EGPN takes Xihe product tanker
One of China’s fastest growing private owners, EGPN Bulk Carrier, has snapped up more tankers. Months after entering the VLCC…
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Seaspan seals full funding for 70-vessel newbuild programme
Seaspan Corporation has landed the last of its financings for its full 70-vessel newbuild initiative, recently securing approximately $1.4bn that…
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Winning in for a Japanese newcastlemax
It’s full speed ahead in bulk S&P market with a string of old-timers back in the market, pushing up activity.…
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Sun Feng takes over as new boss of China Classification Society
China Classification Society (CCS) has appointed Sun Feng as its new chairman and president, taking over from Mo Jianhui, who…
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Beijing’s unwavering zero-Covid policy rattles supply chains
With less than a month to go until the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics there is no let up…
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A lot of boxes: 24,004 teu Ever Alot breaks records
Container shipping has caught a glimpse of the first vessel to break through the 24,000 teu capacity threshold. The 24,004…
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CSBC presses ahead with leasing plans, starts construction of four 2,800 teu ships
Taiwan’s CSBC Corp has moved ahead with its plans to enter the leasing business, first mooted last September.The island’s top…
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Ningbo lockdown measures tightened
State media in China is insisting that volumes at the world’s largest port have not dropped, even as lockdown measures…
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Shanghai extends its lead at the top of the boxport rankings
Shanghai has extended its lead as the world’s largest container port with state media reporting the eastern Chinese metropolis handled…
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