Recent news that China, Iran, and Russia are to hold a tripartite naval exercise in early 2022 has focused attention on the steadily strengthening de facto defence allian ..
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2021’s top shipping stories: From Ever Given to epic California port pileup
This has been the year of the shipping queue — of container vessels stuck waiting in line, waylaid for weeks at the Suez Canal or off Los Angeles/Long Beach, Savannah or Shanghai.
For the second year in a row, COVID has played an outsized role: revving up import demand in the U.S., stymieing port operations in Asia, and fueling an unprecedented rate boom for liner operators and container-ship owners.
The following is a look back at American Shipper’s coverage of container shipping in 2021, one of...
COLUMN | The last four of the twelve days of Christmas: Myanmar’s misery, floating wind’s progress, Bourbon’s revival, P&O Maritime’s hubris, and Standard Drilling’s transformation [Offshore Accounts]
Hope you had a very Merry Christmas – unless, of course, you are of the Orthodox faith, in which case you have to wait until January 7 for Christmas. This week, we clos ..
Philippine agencies join search for seven missing Chinese fishermen off Spratlys
The Philippine government has deployed three patrol vessels to the waters off Thitu Island in the Spratlys as part of an operation to locate seven Chinese fishermen who h ..
New ferry delivered to Port Authority of Timor-Leste
The Damen Shipyards Group has handed over a new Ro-Pax ferry to the Port Authority of Timor-Leste. Built by Damen Yichang Shipyard in China, the ferry has been named Berl ..
Viking Line’s newest ferry to serve Turku-Aland-Stockholm route
Viking Line took delivery of its newest Ro-Pax ferry from China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Company on Thursday, December 23. Viking Glory will operate on the Tu ..
Damen Shipyards hands over new RoPax 6716 to Port Authority of Timor-Leste
Damen Shipyards hands over new RoPax 6716 to Port Authority of Timor-Leste
In a ceremony held on the 20th of December, Damen Shipyards officially handed over the new RoPax 6716 ferry to the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL). Built at Damen’s Yichang Shipyard in China, the Berlin-Ramelau arrived on the 9th of December at Timor-Leste’s capital city Dili, to start an extensive training programme for the new crew.
Timor-Leste has a population of just 1.3 million, making the vessel a significant...
CHINA # 1 | traveling to old China
CHINA # 1 | traveling to old China
FOUGARO presents at BLUE2 a special exhibition dedicated to Chinese culture, through works of art and objects, charged with the history and spirit of this ancient culture. The exhibits belong to FKPCOLLECTION, and are supplemented by objects from the collection of the explorer, Dimitris Xanthoulis.
With the thought of conveying to the viewer unrecognized aspects of Chinese everyday life, as it was shaped on the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, CHINA # 1 is...
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CMSA’s newest command vessel to operate on Yangtze River
The China Maritime Safety Administration (CMSA) has placed a new command-and-control vessel in service on the Yangtze River. Haishi 01 (“Marine 01”) has an LO ..
New luxury river cruise ship delivered in China
China Merchants Cruise Manufacturing Company has handed over a new luxury river cruise ship to local operator Yangtze River Overseas Cruise and Travel Company. Classed by ..