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European shippers against Far East’s trade practices

Sea Europe – ECSA joint press release:

European Shipowners and Maritime Technology Industry call for decisive actions against unfair trade practices and in favour of global playing field

SEA Europe and ECSA, the trade associations representing respectively European shipbuilding and maritime equipment and European shipowners, welcome the recent statement of EU Trade Commission Cecilia Malmström against unfair trade practices in the Far East. SEA Europe and ECSA now call upon the European...

http://container-news.com/european-shippers-against-far-east-trade-practices/

EJF: China, Ghana should collaborate to tackle illegal fishing

According to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), around 90% of Ghana’s industrial fishing fleet is linked to Chinese ownership. However, Ghana’s laws forbid any foreign ownership or control of vessels flying its flag. Thus, EJF calls the Chinese and Ghanaian governments to work together to eliminate illegal fishing practices in Ghana.

Ghana forbids any foreign ownership or control of vessels flying its flag, to ensure that the financial benefits from industrial fisheries go directly to...

https://safety4sea.com/ejf-china-ghana-should-collaborate-to-tackle-illegal-fishing/

BIMCO: US crude oil exports to China fell to zero during August

In August there were zero US seaborne exports of crude oil to China. On the other hand, US crude exports to all destinations except from China hit a new all-time high in September at 6.96 million tonnes. The zero US crude oil exports to China is a massive change to the export pattern seen since early 2017, BIMCO said.

Namely, there were rumours that Chinese buyers, led by the world’s top tanker charterer Unipec, would stay away from US crude oil export and this is confirmed by the new data....

https://safety4sea.com/bimco-us-crude-oil-exports-to-china-fell-to-zero-during-august/

New line opens between China & Lebanon

A huge container ship named CMA CGM Congo arrived at Lebanese port of Tripoli on Tuesday to open a new shipping line between China and the port.

“The vessel is the first to hold 10,000 containers. It will unload 1000 containers in Tripoli port for the local market, and the rest will go to other ports in the region,” said Ahmad Tamer, manager of Tripoli port.

Tamer said that this new line, Beks, is characterized by its capacity to host big-size cargo vessels that can reach 50 meters in width and...

http://container-news.com/new-line-china-lebanon/

Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When considering a resurgent Chinese military, the U.S. lacks a well-developed plan or even a unifying theme, a panel of Pacific-region military and political experts said Wednesday.

Flashpoints for conflict in the Far East seem about as numerous as the islands dotting the area, and both the U.S. and China are acting as if they’re following a script leading to war, said Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government....

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/10/u-s-lacks-china-strategy

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