By Roslan Khasawneh (Reuters) – Hong Kong providers of shipping services are breathing a sigh of relief after authorities announced they would ease strict quarantine restrictions imposed last July on...

by Bill Faries (Bloomberg) – The U.S. suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and ended reciprocal tax treatment on shipping with the former British colony, the latest salvo in...

By Elizabeth Low and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) – Ships are skipping Hong Kong for re-fueling after the city implemented strict quarantine regulations at its port to curb the spread of the...

By Karen Leigh and Shelly Banjo (Bloomberg) — The U.S. warned Hong Kong that it could face penalties if it does business with an oil tanker headed for the city that allegedly...

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s continued slide down the rankings of the world’s great ports has pushed billionaire Li Ka-shing’s freight-terminal operator to take action. HongKong International Terminals...

One person has died and two others are missing after a tanker caught fire in Hong Kong waters off Lamma Island. The fire on board the Vietnamese-flagged Aulac Fortune is believed...

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s port expects a slight rise in container shipping volumes this year despite continuing global turmoil in the sector. The global container...

Eleven crew members were rescued from a sinking cargo ship near Hong Kong on Sunday as Tropical Storm Pakhar hit China’s southern coast.  Xinhua news reported that the Hong Kong Maritime Rescue...

By Sam Whelan, Asia Correspondent (The Loadstar) – The Hong Kong Competition Commission has issued a five-year block exemption order for liner shipping vessel-sharing agreements (VSAs). However, it declined to...

HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Hong Kong has closed more than a dozen beaches after a palm oil spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster...

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies, has appointed Shell Marine to provide its integrated marine solutions, which include...

By Greg Torode (Reuters) Beijing on Friday warned countries against maintaining military ties with Taiwan, after Singaporean armored troop carriers were seized en route from the island that Beijing regards...

There are those times when shipping accidents occur way out at sea, far out of view to majority of the public. Then there at those other times when accidents happen...

By Keith Wallis (Reuters) The Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) on Thursday called on the city’s authorities to provide assistance to the crew of the bulker M/V Five Stars Fujian,...

By Jonathan Saul ATHENS, June 10 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s crucial shipping trade is hoping China’s overseas infrastructure plan and closer business ties with Iran will enable the city to...

By Farah Master HONG KONG, April 15 (Reuters) – Captain Valerie Lyzhyn and his 45 crew are stranded in Hong Kong, big losers in a gambling slump triggered by a...

Film by JefferyHK from aboard the 8,000 TEU containership OOCL Atlanta as it the Tsing Ma Bridge headed for the port of Hong Kong. Check out Jeffery’s Mariner’s vlog on...

By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — A little more than a decade ago, Hong Kong was the world’s busiest port. Giant vessels competed to get into the city’s berths, waiting...

This is one of a series of videos created by Captain Florin, which he shoots himself as he travels around the world on a containership. The original idea behind the...

  July 1, 2015 – Beginning today, ocean going vessels berthed in Hong Kong are required to use cleaner burning fuels or be faced with steep fines. Hong Kong’s Environmental...