China Shipping

(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

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd., which hasn’t announced any 2012 ship orders, may find winning deals even harder

(Bloomberg) — The number of cargoes booked on Panamax bulk carriers, the largest to transit the Panama Canal, slumped 33 percent in July amid slowing

(Bloomberg) — China National Offshore Oil Corp. won government approval to build another liquefied natural gas terminal in southern China’s

RIO DE JANEIRO–Brazilian mining giant Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) continues to negotiate for access to Chinese ports for its Valemax large iron-ore

(Bloomberg) — China has too many ships. The glut has pushed new vessel prices to eight-year lows and caused a 49 percent plunge in first-half orders at

While Cnooc Ltd.’s (CEO, 0883.HK) $15.1-billion takeover offer for Nexen Inc. (NXY.T, NXY) would give the Chinese energy producer operational control of

(Bloomberg) — Crude-oil shipments aboard supertankers bound for China fell 2.5 percent this week, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

NEW DELHI–India’s state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (500312.BY) will continue to explore for oil and gas offshore Vietnam in the South China

(Bloomberg) — China secured the release of a 26- man crew aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat that was captured by Somali pirates more than 18 months ago,