China Shipping

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — New orders received by Chinese shipbuilders fell by nearly half last year from 2014, suggesting more consolidation is in

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China has nearly finished a giant coast guard ship and will probably deploy it armed with machine guns and shells in the

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The weakening yuan and China’s waning appetite for raw materials have come around to bite the country’s shipbuilders,

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – China’s dry-bulk shipping industry will likely see a surge in bankruptcies this year as freight rates hit

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is building a second aircraft carrier, with the new ship being designed and constructed domestically, the Defense

BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) – A formal inquiry has concluded that freak weather led to the sinking of a Yangtze River cruise ship in June that killed 442

By Clement Tan (Bloomberg) — China has approved another strategic restructuring of two state-owned shipping-related conglomerates, the second such move

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Beijing suspended gas supplies to some industrial users after liquefied natural gas imports by PetroChina Co. were

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China fined eight shipping lines 407 million yuan ($63 million) in total after finding them responsible for price

By Yuji Nakamura (Bloomberg) — An armed Chinese government ship was one of three vessels that entered Japan’s territorial waters near disputed islands

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Chinese investors got their first opportunity to react to a plan for consolidating the nation’s two state-owned

TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) – A Chinese coastguard ship equipped with what appeared to be four gun turrets was sighted near disputed islands in the East

BY TIM KELLY (Reuters) In a recent video U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander warns of a possible arms race in the disputed South China Sea which could

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s biggest shipping reform failed to enthuse investors as two major companies lost more than $850 million in total

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China announced plans to reorganize two major shipping groups with combined revenue of more than $40 billion, paving the

By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — Investors betting that China’s near- insatiable appetite for industrial raw materials will drive global economic growth

By Kathy Chen and Keith Wallis BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Dec 10(Reuters) – China will introduce tough controls on ship emissions at three key port areas from

By Greg Torode and Manuel Mogato (Reuters) HONG KONG/MANILA – When an international court ruled in late October that it had jurisdiction to hear a case

BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Chinese naval forces involved in anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden have held their first joint drill with NATO ships

by Michael Heath (Bloomberg) – Japan’s foreign and defense ministers reiterated concerns about China’s strengthening position in the South