Tag: China

On 24 November 2022, the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of the Ministry of Transportation issued a new regulation on Energy Consumption Data and Carbon Intensity of Ships, which applies to both Chinese flagged ships and foreign ships of 400 gross tonnage and above for inbound/outbound Chinese ports.

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) started the first committee meeting of a ‘special’ project to develop marine engines capable of utilising methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen as bunker fuel, on 28 November.

Shanghai Port, ranking first worldwide in container throughput for 12 consecutive years, is staging green transformation and becoming an increasingly clean, energy-saving and efficient modern hub port.

DNV and China Merchant Industry (CMI) have agreed to establish a Joint Technical Innovation Centre to explore new technologies that promote the decarbonization and digitalization of shipping.

China announced that it will reduce COVID-19 quarantine period for seafarers transferring from international-going vessels to domestic-deployed vessels when arriving at domestic ports.

84% of shipping traffic goes through Europe, China and the US, a new Transport & Environment (T&E) study shows. If these economies were to regulate ships calling at their ports, they could decarbonise the lion’s share of the industry and in doing so bypass the “ineffective” IMO, says T&E.

China MSA issued notices on route adjustment between Yantai and Weihai and alert of fishery farms to the south of the new route. 

China Classification Society (CCS) is joining forces with several Chinese marine industry companies to launch the ‘Sustainable Shipping Innovation and Development Initiative’ (SSIDI).

OASIS P&I informed that on 10 Oct 2022, China MSA issued Notice of Correction to Channel Charts of Chinese Coastal Ports, in which they request ships to be aware of unidentified underwater objects off Fuzhou port and Ningde port.

To ensure the smooth holding of the fifth China International Import Expo, the China MSA will conduct special safety supervision on those ships entering the control waters in Huangpu River of Shanghai from 21 October to 10 November.