China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has returned to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for more dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The Shanghai-listed energy transport unit of China Merchants Group has exercised an option for the construction of two additional 175,000 cu m ships,...
https://splash247.com/china-merchants-back-at-dalian-for-more-lng-carriers/
Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has detailed plans of a giant 11.6m teu new terminal it will build in the north of its flagship Yangshan facility. Construction of the $7.8bn project will start this year and will be finished by 2030 and will add 5,500 m of extra quayside to the Shanghai’s...
https://splash247.com/shanghai-to-build-a-new-11-6m-teu-terminal-at-yangshan/
As the operating environment gets more tricky for exposed new entrants on container shipping’s main east-west tradelanes, two Chinese carriers have vowed to work closer together. Fast-growing China United Lines (CU Lines) and its compatriot Antong Holdings are expanding their cooperation with a new...
https://splash247.com/culines-and-antong-holdings-eye-joint-investments-in-shipping-and-logistics/
Andre Wheeler on the risks of signing up to Beijing’s Logink port management system. After attending a recent update on international trade opportunities, I was left asking questions. Are port and terminal operating systems which interface with China platforms unknowingly putting supply chains at...
https://splash247.com/are-ports-the-new-battlefront-in-the-digital-supply-chain-dilemma/
China’s COSCO Shipping Ports has said it will delay completing the acquisition of a stake in a container terminal in Germany’s largest port to the end of the year. COSCO’s terminal arm moved last year to take a 35% stake in the operator of the container terminal in Tollerort in the port of Hamburg,...
https://splash247.com/cosco-puts-hamburg-terminal-investment-on-hold/
James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables), part of James Fisher and Sons, has won a multi-million-pound contract at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Formosa 2 project is being jointly developed by JERA, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Swancor Renewable Energy. GIG is...
https://splash247.com/james-fisher-renewables-awarded-taiwanese-wind-farm-contract/
Typhoon Muifa, the greatest storm to hit the Yangtze River Delta on record, has resulted in damage to vessels under construction. The typhoon, which saw millions head to shelter last week, registered wind speeds of up to 215 kmh. Among facilities hit from the storm was Cosco Shipyard’s Qidong yard...
https://splash247.com/typhoon-damages-ships-under-construction-in-china/
Belgian offshore contractor Jan De Nul said that its jackup installation newbuild had suffered minor damage after being hit by typhoon Muifa at COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. The eye of the typhoon passed over the shipyard during the night of September 14 to 15, causing the vessel to...
https://splash247.com/jan-de-nuls-jackup-installation-newbuild-hit-by-typhoon-in-china/
COSCO Shipping, the world’s fourth largest carrier, is to massively add to the global containership orderbook, detailing a $4.9bn outlay in new ships. The container arm of China’s largest maritime conglomerate has laid out plans to order 32 ships totalling 580,000 teu, all for delivery by the end...
https://splash247.com/cosco-plans-4-9bn-boxship-fleet-expansion/
CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and China Ship Design & Research Center (CSDC) have developed what is said to be the world’s first methanol-powered newcastlemax bulk carrier. Beihai Shipbuilding in Qingdao has cemented its place as one of the world’s top manufacturers of newcastlemax bulkers,...
https://splash247.com/chinese-methanol-powered-newcastlemax-bulker-seals-design-approval/