China Shipping

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

Tuesday, June 7, 2016
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China COSCO Launches Tanker Giant

China COSCO Shipping on Monday officially launched the consolidated COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co., creating one of the world’s largest tanker

June 7, 2016
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Monday, June 6, 2016
China’s Oil Stockpiling to Boost Tanker Market, Shipowners Say
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China’s Oil Stockpiling to Boost Tanker Market, Shipowners Say

By Jonathan Saul ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) – Moves by China to stockpile oil are providing a further boost to the tanker shipping market which is already

June 6, 2016
Total Views: 32

Monday, May 23, 2016
China to Base Advanced Search and Rescue Ship at Disputed South China Sea Island
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China to Base Advanced Search and Rescue Ship at Disputed South China Sea Island

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) – A Chinese government bureau is planning a base station for an advanced rescue ship in the disputed Spratly Islands, state

May 23, 2016
Total Views: 31

South Africa Arrests Chinese Squid Poaching Ships
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South Africa Arrests Chinese Squid Poaching Ships

CAPE TOWN, May 23 (Reuters) – South Africa’s navy has detained three Chinese ships with around 100 crew on board on suspicion of illegal squid

May 23, 2016
Total Views: 77

Saturday, May 7, 2016
17 Missing After Cargo Ship Collides With Fishing Vessel in East China Sea
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17 Missing After Cargo Ship Collides With Fishing Vessel in East China Sea

SHANGHAI, May 7 (Reuters) – Seventeen people were missing after a Chinese fishing boat collided with a Maltese cargo ship and sank in the East China Sea

May 7, 2016
Total Views: 55

Friday, April 29, 2016
China Denies U.S. Aircraft Carrier’s Hong Kong Port Visit
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China Denies U.S. Aircraft Carrier’s Hong Kong Port Visit

By David Brunnstrom and Greg Torode WASHINGTON/HONGKONG, April 29 (Reuters) – China has denied a request for a U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS

April 29, 2016
Total Views: 105

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
China Wants Ships to Use Faster Arctic Route Opened by Global Warming
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China Wants Ships to Use Faster Arctic Route Opened by Global Warming

BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) – China will encourage ships flying its flag to take the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Ocean, a route opened up by global

April 20, 2016
Total Views: 40

Monday, April 18, 2016
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More Mega Ships Predicted to Call at Key Shenzhen Hub

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s Hutchison Port Holdings Trust predicts more mega ships will call at its Shenzhen port to move

April 18, 2016
Total Views: 26

Sunday, April 17, 2016
China Steps Up Drills in South China Sea
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China Steps Up Drills in South China Sea

BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) – China’s South China Sea fleets have conducted training drills with upgraded methods that resemble actual combat

April 17, 2016
Total Views: 84

Friday, April 15, 2016
One Chinese Shipyard Is So Unprofitable It’s Literally Becoming a Parking Lot
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One Chinese Shipyard Is So Unprofitable It’s Literally Becoming a Parking Lot

By Ma Jie (Bloomberg) — Chinese shipbuilders are under so much financial strain that one of them is literally being turned into a parking lot. China

April 15, 2016
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Bulker under construction at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China
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China’s Yangzijiang Wins $510 Million Ship Order Amid Weak Demand

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd., China’s biggest private shipbuilder, won a $510 million order to build six very

April 13, 2016
Total Views: 42

Thursday, April 7, 2016
China Teapot Refiner Oil Buying Spree Creates Tanker Jam at Qingdao
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China Teapot Refiner Oil Buying Spree Creates Tanker Jam at Qingdao

By Libby George and Keith Wallis LONDON/SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) – A surge in oil buying by China’s newest crude importers has created delays

April 7, 2016
Total Views: 80

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Subi Reef China Phillipines Dispute
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China Begins Operation of Lighthouse on Artificial Island in South China Sea

BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) – China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a U.S. warship

April 6, 2016
Total Views: 173

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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China Shipping Profits Sink on Low Rates, Lingering Overcapacity

By Kyunghee Park and Clement Tan (Bloomberg) — China Cosco Holdings Co. posted a 22 percent slump in earnings last year, while China Shipping Container

March 30, 2016
Total Views: 67

Monday, March 28, 2016
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China Cosco Shipping to Wait Out Existing Alliances

SHANGHAI, March 28 (Reuters) – China Cosco Shipping plans to retain its current container alliances until they expire, after which it plans to sign a new

March 28, 2016
Total Views: 58

Japan Opens Radar Station Close to Disputed Islands, Angering China
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Japan Opens Radar Station Close to Disputed Islands, Angering China

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Tim Kelly YONAGUNI, Japan, March 28 (Reuters) – Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a

March 28, 2016
Total Views: 135

Saturday, March 26, 2016
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SPOTD – China’s Brand New “Flagship” Research Vessel

  The scientific expedition vessel “Xiangyanghong 03” was launched on Saturday and joined China’s oceanic research team in Xiamen,

March 26, 2016
Total Views: 186

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After Clash Chinese Flotilla Heads to Indonesia

by David Stanway (Reuters) Chinese ships left the port of Qingdao on Saturday to take part in naval exercises off the coast of Indonesia, China’s

March 26, 2016
Total Views: 108

Friday, March 25, 2016
CNOOC Beats Estimates as Spending Cuts Cushion Oil Crash
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CNOOC Beats Estimates as Spending Cuts Cushion Oil Crash

By Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas explorer, posted annual profit that exceeded analyst estimates as cost

March 25, 2016
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Raw Footage: Breakaway River Boats Slam Into Bridge in China
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Raw Footage: Breakaway River Boats Slam Into Bridge in China

Some new video posted online shows the moment when two breakaway river cruises became pinned against a bridge on the Beijiang River in the city of

March 22, 2016
Total Views: 92