South & Central Asia
COSCO Shipping Ports’ Container Volumes Keep Rising
Despite the ongoing trade war between China and the US, COSCO Shipping Ports sees throughput rise.
Japan imports first LNG cargo from China since 1988
Japan has reportedly imported its first cargo of LNG from China in July as utilities from the world’s biggest buyer of the chilled fuel look for new suppliers.
Fednav Welcomes Its Latest Handy Bulker
Canada’s Fednav takes delivery of Federal Montreal, its newest Great Lakes-suitable Handysize vessel.
Fugro Delivers Another Petronas Seep Hunting Project
Fugro has completed the second of three Malaysian seep hunting and geochemical campaigns for Petronas. The second campaign was located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia and began 8 May 2019 onboard the Fugro Equator. Acquired geophysical data included over 15 000 km2 of multibeam echosounder (MBES) data pr
Fugro wraps up second seep hunting campaign for Petronas
Fugro has completed the second of three Malaysian seep hunting and geochemical campaigns for Petronas, Malaysia’s oil and gas company.
Tianjin Container Terminals Wrap Up Merger
COSCO Ports, Tianjin Port Holdings and CM Terminals units complete merger.
IADC Presents New Article on Numerical Investigation of the Head
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) recently released a new article titled “Numerical investigation of the head and unsteady flow characteristics of a dredge pump loading high-concentration sands”. The article presents research which numerically simulates the unsteady water flow a
Sovcomflot tanker starts first-ever fully LNG-fuelled Northern Sea Route pass
Sovcomflot’s LNG-fuelled Aframax crude oil tanker has started a transit through the Northern Sea Route.
CNOOC boosts profit in 1H 2019
CNOOC Limited has increased its oil and gas production by over 2 percent during the first half of the year and boosted its profit for the period as oil and gas sales rose by 4.4 percent.
Grindrod Shipping to Buy Additional Stake in IVS Bulk
Singapore-based Grindrod Shipping is to up its stake in IVS Bulk joint venture.
MPA: Number of Major Incidents in Port of Singapore Drops
There were fewer than 0.12 major incidents per 100,000 vessel movements in 2018, down from 0.8 in 2009.
China Merchants Eyes Majority Stake in AVIC Maritime
China Merchants is looking to take over 73.87% of the company’s shares.