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Monday, November 19, 2012
Rongsheng Heavy CEO: “There is a need to shift our focus to the offshore and marine business”
Offshore

Rongsheng Heavy CEO: “There is a need to shift our focus to the offshore and marine business”

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. said a new offshore-energy equipment unit may generate 50 percent of its orders over

November 19, 2012
Total Views: 16

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Beijing Wields Big Stick on Valemaxes

Beijing Wields Big Stick on Valemaxes

BEIJING–Brazilian miner Vale SA has spent around $2 billion on a fleet of huge ships to carry its iron ore from Brazil to China. The problem: China

November 13, 2012
Total Views: 6

Monday, November 12, 2012
Nils Smedegaard Andersen
News

Maersk CEO: China’s Evolution into a Consumer Economy Will be “Very, Very Positive for Us”

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container shipping line, is betting that China will evolve into a consumer

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
china cosco
Finance

China COSCO Reports $243 Million Quarterly Loss, Still it’s Better than Last Year

SHANGHAI–China Cosco Holdings Co. (1919.HK), the country’s largest shipping company by fleet size, said Tuesday its third-quarter net loss narrowed

October 30, 2012
Total Views: 41

Monday, October 29, 2012
kanaris capesize bulker safe bulkers
News

DNB Predicts Capesize Rates to Double in 2013

(Bloomberg) — Rates to ship dry-bulk raw materials by sea are recovering after a four-year slump as Chinese demand for iron ore surged to the highest

October 29, 2012
Total Views: 32

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
cosco logo
News

COSCO CEO: “We’re Only Beginning to See Signs of Recovery”

(Bloomberg) — China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s largest listed shipping company, said the industry will expand as Chinese economic growth

October 23, 2012
Total Views: 100

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
china cosco cscl
News

Chinese Shipping Rivals Cooperate Amid Global Downturn

SHENZHEN–Shipping giant China Cosco Holdings Co. (1919.HK, 601919.SH) is teaming up with its Shanghai-based archrival to jointly operate major domestic

October 17, 2012
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
South Korean Coast Guard Cutter
Uncategorized

Chinese Fisherman Shot To Death by Coast Guard

(Bloomberg) — A Chinese fisherman died from injuries sustained in a South Korean coast guard raid after his vessel entered South Korean waters in the

October 16, 2012
Total Views: 42

Friday, October 12, 2012
Offshore

Call It Senkakudiaoyu? China & Japan Agree To Share Vast Offshore Oil Reserve

China and Japan sat down for talks and agreed to jointly develop a natural gas field under the East China Sea, defusing a dispute between Asia’s

October 12, 2012
Total Views: 109

china shipping development company stock quote
News

Chinese Dry Bulk Shippers Advance as Spot Charter Rates Jump

(Bloomberg) — China Shipping Development Co. and China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s biggest operators of dry- bulk ships, both rose the most

October 12, 2012
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
China’s Real Boost in Sea Power Isn’t A Rinky-Dink Aircraft Carrier
Interesting

China’s Real Boost in Sea Power Isn’t A Rinky-Dink Aircraft Carrier

By Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson Now that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned its first aircraft carrier and may be looking to

October 9, 2012
Total Views: 31

Monday, October 8, 2012
China’s JES International Turns to Offshore Oil and Gas For Boost
Engineering News

China’s JES International Turns to Offshore Oil and Gas For Boost

With scores of Chinese shipbuilders struggling to stay afloat, some have been forced to diversify their offerings and look to adjacent markets for even the

October 8, 2012
Total Views: 9

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Norway Port Preparing For Economic Boom, But Not Because of Oil

Norway Port Preparing For Economic Boom, But Not Because of Oil

(Bloomberg) — Three yellow construction cranes tower over heavy machinery and clusters of workers as they bustle in the Norwegian Arctic drizzle to get a

October 3, 2012
Total Views: 78

Saturday, September 29, 2012
50 Supertankers? China, I’m Sorry, but I Don’t Believe You [OP/ED]
Engineering News

50 Supertankers? China, I’m Sorry, but I Don’t Believe You [OP/ED]

There are a few headlines going around today in some major publications and by the Associated Press claiming that China has announced plans to build 50

September 29, 2012
Total Views: 194

Friday, September 28, 2012
Rumors Abound, China Places Order For 50 Supertankers
Interesting

Rumors Abound, China Places Order For 50 Supertankers

China’s 21st Century Business Herald newspaper reported today that China has placed a massive $4.5 billion order for 50 VLCCs in an effort to stimulate

September 28, 2012
Total Views: 5

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
So China Has an Aircraft Carrier. Now What?
Interesting

So China Has an Aircraft Carrier. Now What?

Introducing the ‘Liaoning’: China’s New Aircraft Carrier and What it Means By Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins China’s first aircraft

September 25, 2012
Total Views: 39

varyag aircraft carrier
Defense

Chinese Navy Receives Their First Aircraft Carrier, 27 Years in the Making

(Bloomberg) — China’s first aircraft carrier, built with the hull of an unfinished Soviet-era ship, was handed over to the navy and formally

September 25, 2012
Total Views: 63

Friday, September 21, 2012
Seatankers Opts For A Dozen X-BOW’s
Ship Design

Seatankers Opts For A Dozen X-BOW’s

Ulstein said Thursday that it has entered into a contract with China’s Sinopacific’s Zhejiang yard for the delivery of twelve design packages for a

September 21, 2012
Total Views: 65

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Cina Coast Guard Cutters
Uncategorized

Japan Still While Chinese Ships Approach Disputed Islands

TOKYO — The Japanese government has watched largely helplessly as protesters in China in recent days have damaged Japanese property and products.

September 18, 2012
Total Views: 5

Genco Tiberius shipping capesize
News

Capesize Owners Breathe Sigh of Relief, For Now…

(Bloomberg) — Iron-ore ships are poised to earn more than operating costs for the first time this year as rates rally on speculation Chinese steel mills

September 18, 2012
Total Views: 6
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