Tag: China

In a bid to tackle pollution, China is considering cutting steel production by 50%. However, Drewry shipping consultancy estimates that if this initiative goes ahead, it will affect significantly the dry bulk market.

Recently, ZPMC Southeast Asia Holding Company, Huawei South Pacific Regional Center and Sinopec Lubricants signed a cooperation memorandum for the construction of a Southeast Asia Innovation Center in Singapore.

SIEMENS-GAMESA has become the first wind turbine manufacturer in China to be certified to provide Global Wind Organisation Basic Safety Training training, according to Lloyd's Register. The GWO’s BST framework GWO was used by LR to assess SIEMENS-GAMESA’s approach to achieve a safer work environment.

ESL Shipping announced that its second LNG-powered, energy efficient dry cargo vessel 'Haaga' was launched on October 20, at the Jinling Shipyard and moved to the outfitting quay.

Recovering demand for multipurpose shipping combined with improved market conditions for competing sectors will result in rising market share for the multipurpose shipping fleet and a recovery in freight rates in 2018, according to global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Immigration Authorities boarded a non-Chinese flag ship alongside in Ningbo and asked the entire crew to surrender their mobile phones, content of which was uploaded to authorities’ laptop for inspection, West of Engalnd P&I Club informed citing the Hong Kong Shipowners Association.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä informed that, through its joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (Shanghai), has been contracted to deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä informed that, through its joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (Shanghai), has been contracted to deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China.

As rivers potentially act as a major transport pathway for all sizes of plastic debris, scientists analysed data along 57 rivers, and were able to calculate the main culprits of plastic in rivers flowing to the sea.

Danish Maritime and the Shipbuilding Information Centre of China have signed an MoU in September in Qingdao, China. This will allow the two parties to work together on ballast treatment development which will lead to wider links between the countries’ maritime technology sectors.