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HR a severe bottleneck for China’s cruise ambitions
Shanghai: China’s rapidly developing cruise industry urgently needs more trained staff, a leading academic has warned. “China has a huge…
Read More »Evergreen on track for 1m teu fleet
Taipei: Evergreen Line, Taiwan’s top box player, aims to head back up the global liner rankings into fourth place via…
Read More »Yangtze flooding warning
Shanghai: Navigation along China’s longest river, the Yangtze, is proving difficult as the year’s largest floods hit home yesterday. The…
Read More »T.S. Lines links with HMM for China-India service
Taipei: T.S. Lines from Taiwan is joining Hyundai Merchant Marine’s China-India Express (CIX) service this month. “The CIX loop will…
Read More »ANZ launches China-focused commodities index
Sydney: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has launched an index for clients to track Chinese commodities demand, which it…
Read More »Jotun scores big COSCO deal
Dalian: Jotun Group member Jotun COSCO Marine Coatings (Qingdao) has reached an important agreement with China's COSCO Container, the world's…
Read More »Pacific Sun bound for China
Shanghai: This weekend sees the final seven-day Australasian voyage of the popular P&O Cruises’ ship Pacific Sun come to an…
Read More »CIMC Raffles commences rig for China Oilfield Services
CIMC Raffles has begun work on a semi-submersible drilling rig in Yantai, COSL Prospector. The rig is the fourth of…
Read More »DSIC to build jack-up pair
Dalian: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)'s wholly-owned subsidiary China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation (CPTDC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corp…
Read More »Hantong denies moving into shipowning
Shanghai: Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has denied widespread reports that it has followed the trend among Chinese yards of entering…
Read More »Baosteel to shift nearly a third of its capacity out of Shanghai
Shanghai: Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group signed an agreement with Shanghai government on July 4 to promote the adjustment of…
Read More »Relocation of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding
Shanghai: China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is shifting its operations in Jiangyin to a new site in Jingjiang of Jiangsu Province. 
Jiangyin…
Read More »Target grows South China presence
Guangzhou: The perennial topic of big name shippers shifting operations out of South China is not necessarily a one way…
Read More »Shipping Corp of India nixes China calls
Mumbai: Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the largest state run shipping company in the sub-continent, will discontinue its liner operations…
Read More »Rongsheng under fire for failure to complete engine buyout
Hong Kong: China’s largest private shipyard, Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries, has come under fire from investors failing to complete a…
Read More »Tianjin taps Yellow River region for cargo
Dalian: Tianjin port is tapping the Yellow River region as it extends its cargo hinterland, linking with 17 dry ports…
Read More »Cruise calls surge for Sanya
Shanghai: From January to May this year 114 cruise ships called at Sanya, with visitors number over 80,000 according to…
Read More »Scrapping set to spiral
Dalian: Ship recycling yards in China are anticipating a deluge of business as owners rush to cash in before steel…
Read More »DSIC aframax order denied
London: Tor Olav Troim, the right hand man of John Fredriksen, recently said that there is no truth in the…
Read More »CSSC boss appointed Liaoning vice governor
Dalian: Tan Zuojun, former General Manager of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and Chairman of the Board at CSSC Holdings,…
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