[By Zhang Chun and Chen Mingzhi] The Huiwen wetlands stretch nine miles along the northeast coast of Hainan, from Bamen bay next to the city of Wenchang down to Fengjia bay. (The name, used locally, comes from the nearby town of Huiwen.) Varying in width from...
India's conglomerate Adani Group, Sri Lanka's diversified company John Keells Holdings and Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) have signed an agreement to jointly develop the Colombo West International...
The Suez Canal Authority has shattered its record for the daily number of ships passing through the strategic waterway. On Wednesday, it handled a total of 87 vessels, easily surpassing the previous record of 75, which was set on February 6, 2019. Vessels with a total tonnage of 4.8 million...
Hong Kong-based leasing major China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) has entered into a shipbuilding contract with New Dayang Shipbuilding for the construction of nine 60,000 dwt bulk...
[Brief] On Thursday morning, a 6,900 dwt bulker transited through a fish farm off the coast of Turkey, striking several pens and releasing more than one million fish into the sea. The 1995-built Heba M encountered the fish farm at a position north of Küçük Tav?an...
In this In Focus column, we report on initiatives that reduce the ecological footprint of the offshore energy and maritime industry. The post In focus: Shoulder to shoulder towards a sustainable...
In a move that is seen as an attempt to counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific and especially in Sri Lanka, India’s Adani Ports announced a long-term deal to build and operate a new terminal in the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new...
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has set a long-term target to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) by 2050 for the group's oceangoing businesses. The post...
In what could mark a significant step forward for the development of unmanned autonomous vessels, the French classification society Bureau Veritas awarded its first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an unmanned surface vessel. The approval was awarded to a French company iXblue for its vessel...
As the maritime industry’s quest for the best possible decarbonization has intensified, wind propulsion systems are gaining traction around the globe. The post Shipping’s decarbonization quest:...
