China Shipping

China shipping and shipbuilding coverage – yard capacity, port operations, COSCO fleet moves, Sino-U.S. tariff effects, and state-owned fleet expansion.

Sunday, October 8, 2023
Chinese ballistic missile submarine. Picture taken April 12, 2018.REUTERS
Defense

China Near ‘Breakthroughs’ With Nuclear-Armed Submarines

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of

October 8, 2023
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Saturday, October 7, 2023
port of los angeles-long beach. photo REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Shipping

US Nearshoring, Reshoring And Onshoring Is Booming

By Redd Brown Oct 7, 2023 (Bloomberg) –When Sterling Infrastructure Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joe Cutillo first started telling Wall Street that

October 7, 2023
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Friday, October 6, 2023
A Chinese Coast Guard ship is seen blocking the direction of a Philippine Coast Guard ship conducting a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Adrian Portugal
News

Near Collision, Tense Encounter as Beijing Flexes Muscles in the South China Sea

NEAR THE SECOND THOMAS SHOAL, South China Sea, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The crew of the Philippine coastguard boat watch anxiously as an

October 6, 2023
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Thursday, October 5, 2023
A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
News

Philippines Supplies South China Sea Outpost Despite China Attempts to Block

(Bloomberg) — The Philippines said it has successfully shipped fresh supplies to a military outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea despite what it

October 5, 2023
Total Views: 8591

Friday, September 29, 2023
A container terminal at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia. January 9, 2023
Shipping

150,000 Empty Containers Piled Up in Russia

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The huge trade imbalance between China and Russia since the invasion of Ukraine has led to some 150,000 teu of empty

September 29, 2023
Total Views: 3537

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
A China Coast Guard ship is seen from a Philippine fishing boat at the disputed Scarborough Shoal April 6, 2017. Picture taken April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
Shipping

Philippines Urges Fishermen to Remain at South China Sea Shoal Held By China

By Neil Jerome Morales and Andrew Hayley MANILA/BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The coastguard of the Philippines urged the country’s fishermen on

September 27, 2023
Total Views: 1329

Tuesday, September 26, 2023
A fisherman repairs his boat overlooking fishing boats that fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, at Masinloc, Zambales, in the Philippines
Shipping

What is the Risk of Conflict at the Disputed Scarborough Shoal?

Sept 26 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Tuesday vowed not to back down against a Chinese move to block its fishermen from a hotly contested area of

September 26, 2023
Total Views: 1561

Monday, September 25, 2023
Philippines Removes Chinese Barrier at Disputed Shoal in ‘Special Operation’
News

Philippines Removes Chinese Barrier at Disputed Shoal in ‘Special Operation’

MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Monday it executed a “special operation” to remove a floating barrier installed

September 25, 2023
Total Views: 3352

Sunday, September 24, 2023
To match Special Report TAIWAN-CHINA/SUBMARINES.REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Defense

Taiwan Expects To Deploy Two New Submarines By 2027

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip

September 24, 2023
Total Views: 3042

Thursday, September 21, 2023
FILE PHOTO: The guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, en route the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet, in this photo taken on April 7, 2023 and released by U.S.Navy Central Command on April 8, 2023. Elliot Schaudt/U.S Navy Central Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
News

U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China

Sept 21 (Reuters) – On a windswept island 50 miles north of Seattle sits a U.S. Navy monitoring station. For years, it was kept busy

September 21, 2023
Total Views: 4716

Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The first two SOVs for the Chinese offshore wind market are launched at ZPMC. Photo courtesy Ulstein
Offbeat

China’s First Offshore Wind SOVs Launched

The first two purpose-built Service Operation Vessels (SOV) for the Chinese offshore wind market have been launched at the ZMPC shipyard in China. The two

September 20, 2023
Total Views: 1888

Sunday, September 17, 2023
U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy team up in the South China Sea. Picture taken April 18, 2020. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Huynh/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
Defense

Philippines Says Japan, Australia Keen On Joint Maritime Patrols

By Ian Sayson Sep 17, 2023 (Bloomberg) –The Philippine armed forces said Japan and Australia “expressed willingness” to take part in joint

September 17, 2023
Total Views: 2119

Saturday, September 9, 2023
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59). U.S. Navy File Photo
Defense

US, Canadian Warships Transit Taiwan Strait In Latest Joint Mission

TAIPEI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, marking the second such

September 9, 2023
Total Views: 4829

Thursday, September 7, 2023
Tiangin,,China. Photo: ambient_pix / Shutterstock.com
Shipping

China’s Export Slump Eases as Economy Searches for Stability

(Bloomberg) — China’s trade slump eased in August, adding to early signals the worst may be over for some parts of the world’s second-largest economy

September 7, 2023
Total Views: 859

Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Baltic Russian Icebreaker
Shipping

Russia Lacks Ice-Class Vessels to Develop Arctic’s Northern Sea Route

MOSCOW, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Russia must boost production facilities for the construction of ice-breaking vessels in order to meet its

September 6, 2023
Total Views: 2225

Sunday, August 27, 2023
Water cannon incident in the South China Sea. photo released on August 6, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Defense

China’s ‘Aggressive Behavior’ In South China Sea Must Be Challenged – U.S. Navy Official

MANILA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – China’s “aggressive behavior” in the South China Sea, including the use of water canon by

August 27, 2023
Total Views: 16303

A still image from a video, released by Russia's Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russian and Chinese navy ships jointly patrolling the Pacific Ocean and holding naval exercises in the East China Sea, in this image taken from footage released August 18, 2023.
Defense

Russian And Chinese Ships Return From Joint Pacific Patrolling

Aug 27 (Reuters) – A detachment of Russia’s navy warships returned from more than three weeks of joint-patrolling of the

August 27, 2023
Total Views: 2108

Saturday, August 26, 2023
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Environment

Fukushima Wastewater Released Into The Ocean, China Bans All Japanese Seafood

By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant

August 26, 2023
Total Views: 5876

Monday, August 21, 2023
FILE PHOTO: The tanker SCF Irtysh pictured on May 10, 2017. Photo credit: MartinLueke/Shutterstock
Shipping

Russia Ships Naphtha to China Via Northern Sea Route

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Russia is shipping a rare naphtha cargo via the North Sea Route (NSR) as Moscow seeks to increase supplies using the route to

August 21, 2023
Total Views: 7099

Saturday, August 19, 2023
china new destroyer Nanchang photo credit REUTERS/Jason Lee
Defense

China Launches Drills Around Taiwan In Angry Response To VP’s US Trip

SHANGHAI/TAIPEI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “serious warning” to separatist forces in

August 19, 2023
Total Views: 2187