Taiwan
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Dry Cargo
Taiwan Navigation in Japanese kamsarmax dash
Taiwan Navigation is developing its kamsarmax fleet. The owner has placed orders in Japan for four 80,000 dwt ships, split…
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Greater China
Senior Cosco executive leaps to his death in Taipei
A senior executive from Cosco leapt to his death from a high-rise hotel in Taipei early this morning. Jia Libin,…
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Tankers
Winson readies this year’s quickest asset play
Winson Group’s shipping arm has put two ships it has just bought up for sale. The Taiwanese company is moving…
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Greater China
TS Lines takes on its largest ship
TS Lines from Taiwan has taken on its largest ever ship. The company has chartered the 8,533 teu from Germany’s…
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Greater China
Formosa Plastics pushes ahead with fleet clearout
Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics is having a fleet clearout with a host of different ship types put in the shop…
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Operations
Taiwanese ship sinks off Penghu
A small general cargo ship belonging to Taiwan’s Elite Marine Transportation sank yesterday off the southwest of the island and…
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Greater China
Wisdom Marine orders ultramax pair at DACKS
Taiwanese bulker operator Wisdom Marine has placed an order at Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) for the construction of…
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Greater China
Sincere makes first sale for many years
Sincere Navigation, one of the biggest shipping players on the Taiwanese stock exchange, has sold of one of its oldest…
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Contributions
Nobu Su publishes his take on the global financial crisis
Ten years on from the start of the global financial crisis Taiwanese shipping magnate Nobu Su has a book out…
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Greater China
Wan Hai chairman and former Miss Taiwan head to court
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines’s chairman Chen Ching-Shih has been accused of breach of trust by a business partner…
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Greater China
Woen-Jinn to invest in new cable lay vessel for Orsted contract
Taiwan’s Woen-Jinn Habour Engineering has signed a major offshore cable installation contract with Danish energy firm Orsted. Under the NTD1bn…
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Greater China
Hsin Chien Marine orders handymax trio at Shikoku
Taiwanese owner Hsin Chien Marine has placed an order at Japan’s Shikoku Dockyard for the construction of three 38,600 dwt…
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Greater China
TS Lines plans Hong Kong IPO
Taiwanese intra-Asia container shipping specialist TS Lines is planning an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. TS Chen, chairman…
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Greater China
Evergreen turns 50
Taiwan’s Evergreen Group celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday. The group founded by Dr Chang Yung-Fa owns Eva Air and…
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Greater China
Yang Ming signs newbuilding contract for 10 boxships at CSBC
Taiwanese shipping line Yang Ming Marine Transport has officially signed shipbuilding contracts with compatriot shipyard CBSC yesterday for the construction…
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Greater China
Evergreen tenders for 36 more boxships
Taiwan’s Evergreen has put out a tender to take 36 boxships on long-term charter. The world’s seventh largest container is…
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Greater China
Taiwan’s top lines plan feeder frenzy
Taiwan’s top three containerlines – Evergreen, Yang Ming and Wan Hai – are close to contracting for up to 50…
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Asia
POSH Kerry Renewables scores first Taiwan contract
POSH Kerry Renewables, the new joint venture between PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) and Kerry TJ Logistics, has secured its…
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Asia
POSH and Kerry TJ Logistics join forces in Taiwan offshore renewables
Singapore offshore marine service provider PACC Offshore Services (POSH) and Taiwan-based logistics firm Kerry TJ Logistics are setting up a…
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Greater China
Sincere Navigation order at STX falls through
Taiwanese owner Sincere Navigation’s product tanker order at South Korean yard STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has fallen through after the…
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