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 issue a similar exemption for vessel-discussion agreements (VDAs). The order, announced on Tuesday, follows two years of legal uncertainty for shipping lines after … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Closes Beaches as Stinking Palm Oil Washes Ashore Days After Ship Collision
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 to blight the territory's waters. The Chinese-controlled city closed two more beaches in the south of Hong Kong island on Tuesday, bringing to 13 the total shut since two vessels … [Read more...]
Shell provides OOCL its integrated lubrication solutions for the world’s largest container ship
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 lubricants and services for OOCL Hong Kong. OOCL Hong Kong is the latest vessel to claim the ‘world’s largest container ship’ with a capacity of … [Read more...]
China Seizes Troop Cargo In Hong Kong
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 as a breakaway province. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that Beijing was verifying reports that Hong Kong customs had seized nine Singapore troop … [Read more...]
That Time a Huge Containership Ran Straight Into a Hong Kong Football Field
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 in plain sight in the middle of one of the most densely populated cities on earth. Like this video here, which shows that time in April 2014 when the 610-foot containership Hansa Constitution veered off … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Group To Help Abandoned Crew
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, a Hong Kong-flagged coal ship off the east coast of Australia that is running out of food and fuel. It was reported this week that the Five Stars Fujian, a 180,000 deadweight tonne … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Eyes Much Needed Shipping Boost from China’s Overseas Plans
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 tackle the downturn in the seaborne sector and tougher competition, officials said. The global container sector, which transports everything from bananas to iPhones, as well as the dry … [Read more...]