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, September 12, 2021
Japan Spots Chinese Sub Just Outside Territorial Waters
Navy

Japan Spots Chinese Sub Just Outside Territorial Waters

by Rocky Swift (Reuters) Japan’s defense ministry said on Sunday that a submarine believed to be from China was spotted in waters near its southern

September 12, 2021
Total Views: 3192

Friday, September 10, 2021
Super Typhoon Chanthu
Marine Weather

China Ports Brace For Super Typhoon Chanthu

By Ditas Lopez (Bloomberg) Two of China’s main ports are preparing for the arrival of Super Typhoon Chanthu, which was dumping heavy rain on the north of the

September 10, 2021
Total Views: 1870

Thursday, September 2, 2021
Port of Haifa, Israel
Ports

Israel Opens New Chinese-Operated Port

by Ari Rabinovitch (Reuters) – Israel has opened a new shipping port along its Mediterranean coast that will bring much-needed competition to a sector

September 2, 2021
Total Views: 3489

Monday, August 30, 2021
One Stuck Box of Fertilizer Shows the Global Supply Chain Crisis
Shipping

One Stuck Box of Fertilizer Shows the Global Supply Chain Crisis

By Ann KohAug (Bloomberg) — Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes,

August 30, 2021
Total Views: 7455

Friday, August 27, 2021
united states coast guard cutter
USCG

U.S. Coast Guard Patrols Taiwan Strait After Chinese Assault Drills

(Reuters) – A U.S. warship and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the latest in what Washington calls routine

August 27, 2021
Total Views: 3947

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
port in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Ports

China Reopens Terminal at World’s Third-Busiest Port

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The Meishan terminal at China’s second-busiest port reopened Wednesday following a two-week shutdown that further

August 25, 2021
Total Views: 831

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

Ships Resume Berthing At Ningbo

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) Ships have resumed berthing operations at a halted container terminal in Ningbo, China, adding to optimism that full activity at one of

August 24, 2021
Total Views: 1003

Tuesday, August 17, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

China Port Congestion Worsens as Ningbo Shuts for Seventh Day

By Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — The partial closure of the world’s third-busiest container port is worsening congestion at other major

August 17, 2021
Total Views: 2289

Longshoremen China
Ports

China’s Zero Tolerance To COVID-19 Is Choking Supply Lines

by Muyu Xu (Reuters) Several Chinese ports are facing congestion as vessels due to call at Ningbo are being diverted and cargo processing is slowed partly due

August 17, 2021
Total Views: 2417

Monday, August 16, 2021
yantian port
Ports

Global Port Congestion Building as Ningbo Terminal Remains Shut for Sixth Day

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Today, AIS data from VesselsValue shows around 50 containerships at anchor near Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, where

August 16, 2021
Total Views: 1227

Containers are seen at Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Shipping

Global Supply Chains Are Being Battered by Fresh Covid Surges

By Enda Curran and Michelle Jamrisko (Bloomberg) — Asia’s renewed surge in Covid-19 infections is compounding supply-chain blockages across the

August 16, 2021
Total Views: 1437

Friday, August 13, 2021
angshan Deep-Water Port
Ports

China’s Partial Port Shutdown Raises Fears of Closures Worldwide

By Joe Deaux and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — A Covid outbreak that has partially shut one of the world’s busiest container ports

August 13, 2021
Total Views: 2076

Thursday, August 12, 2021
China COVID-19 Port Testing
Ports

China Starts Shutting Down World’s Third-Busiest Port

by James Mayger (Bloomberg) China partly shut the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid, threatening more

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 16870

China Medical Swab Test
Ports

Major Container Ports in China See Worsening Congestion After COVID Cases

BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Congestion off China’s top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 1856

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
China offshore wind converter station
Offshore

China Installs World’s Largest Offshore Wind Converter Station

The installation of the world’s largest offshore converter station is being hailed by China Classification Society (CCS) as a milestone in the development of

August 10, 2021
Total Views: 3933

A Chinese flag is seen in front of the Friendship bridge over the Yalu River connecting the North Korean town of Sinuiju and Dandong in China
Environment

China Is Redrawing The World’s Energy Map

By Clara Ferreira Marques (Bloomberg Markets) China’s outsize energy needs and its reliance on overseas suppliers have underpinned its foreign policy for

August 10, 2021
Total Views: 3343

Thursday, August 5, 2021
yantian port
Shipping

Typhoons Pose Latest Supply Chain Threat as China Ports Shut

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Extreme weather in China is becoming the latest challenge to global supply chains, as a heavy typhoon season threatens to

August 5, 2021
Total Views: 1501

Monday, July 26, 2021
Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai.REUTERS/Aly Song
Ports

Shanghai Mega-Ports Shuttered as Typhoon In-Fa Slams East China

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Typhoon In-Fa, the powerful storm battering regions around Shanghai, has forced some of the world’s biggest shipping

July 26, 2021
Total Views: 2094

Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Capsizes Off China
Offshore

Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Capsizes Off China

Four people are missing after a wind turbine installation vessel partially capsized in the South China Sea off Huizhou, China. The WTIV Shengping 001 was

July 26, 2021
Total Views: 11833

Sunday, July 25, 2021
Indian seafarers ship bridge
Ports

Indian Union Accuses China Of Unofficial Seafarer Ban

Today Indian media reported that Beijing has imposed an unofficial ban on ships crewed by Indian seafarers. The Times of India, which is the largest selling

July 25, 2021
Total Views: 3269