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The cargo ship Zhuo Hang 6 ent out of control and struck the embankment on Shanghai, on September 22.

Typhoon Chanthu is currently lingering off the coast of Shanghai, with forecasts indicating that it will remain in the region through Wednesday, September 15.

Singapore has maintained its lead in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index as the world’s top maritime centre for the eighth consecutive year, followed by London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai.

Shanghai Maritime Administration issued an alert, urging ships to ensure that propulsion and auxiliary machinery are in good order prior to departure.

Two small container vessels operating along China’s Yangtze River collided near Shanghai, leading to one of the vessels capsizing, three seafarers dead and five missing.

Port of Shanghai marked another high record container throughput during 2019, handling 43.3 million TEUs. Namely, the port noted a 3% increase in its cargo throughput, in comparison with the 42.01 million TEUs of 2018. This is the 10th year in a row that the port maintains its top position as the busiest container port in the world.

China's first Cruise Tourism Development Demonstration Zone was launched in the Baoshan, in order for the latter to further develop for cruise and tourism operations. Shanghai considered the development of the cruise economy to be important, in order to be established as an international shipping centre.

UNCTAD placed the Shanghai port first in 2019 ranking of the world’s best-connected ports, that was published on August 7. The Shanghai port garnered a connectivity score of 134 points, followed by the ports of Singapore (124.63 points), Pusan (114.45 points) in Korea and Ningbo (114.35 points), also in China.

Shanghai will establish a demonstration zone for cruise tourism, approved by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the municipal authorities said Tuesday. This comes in line with the city's plans to set itself as a hub for cruise tourism. 

The Shanghai Development and Reform Commission is planning to issue a tender for developing 200MW of capacity at the Fengxian offshore wind farm by the end of 2019. The wind farm will be located in the north side of Hangzhou Bay. The offshore wind farm will be developed about 12 kilometres off the coast, and will consist of four blocks. The tender is covering the two eastern blocks.