China

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

TOKYO–Japan’s coast guard said Friday that two Chinese patrol boats have entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku islands. The coast

The dry-bulk shipping market has been in the doldrums again of late (the Baltic Dry Index is again near record lows and recently had a 31-session streak of

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on a mission aimed partly at prevailing on China and Southeast Asian nations to

HONG KONG–The head of shipping giant China Cosco Holdings Co. (601919.SH) on Thursday cast a downbeat light on the shipping industry, saying the current

SHANGHAI–China Shipping Container Lines Co. (2866.HK), the country’s largest container shipper by capacity, said Wednesday its net loss for the

China, the world’s biggest coal consumer, is poised to reduce imports of the commodity from Australia after the gap with domestic prices narrowed,

A plunge in iron ore prices and shipping costs means it’s cheaper for Chinese steel mills to buy the material from Brazil more than 8,000 nautical miles

(Bloomberg) — Growth in Hamburg is stalling as Europe’s fiscal crisis spreads into China and other Asian countries, threatening the recovery of

SHANGHAI—One of China’s largest shipbuilders said Wednesday that it canceled eight shipbuilding contracts during the second quarter because

(Bloomberg) — The cheapest iron ore in 31 months and the lowest shipping costs on record are poised to increase the number of cargoes going to China,

(Bloomberg) — U.S.-led sanctions against Iran are costing OPEC’s third-largest producer $133 million a day in lost sales without raising global

SINGAPORE–Cosco Corp. Ltd. (F83.SG) said Wednesday its net profit in the fiscal second quarter fell 13% as revenue from its shipyard operations fell and

To meet the increased need of polar scientific research,  China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration