China and Italy to jointly promote the Belt and Road Initiative

China’s President Xi Jinping has visited Italy and held discussions with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on strengthening the co-operation between the two countries, including the spheres of trade and maritime.

New project to develop blockchain for ports of Shanghai and Guangdong

Technology company Ideanomics signed a Joint Venture (JV) for Exclusive APEC Model E-port Network (APMEN), APEC&#39...

THE Alliance and Ocean Alliance members to combine Med - US East Coast services

THE Alliance and members of the Ocean Alliance are merging two Meditterranean – US East Coast services.The ...

ReCAAP: Rise in Number of Piracy And Armed Robbery Incidents Against Ships In Asia During Jan.-Aug. Period

A total of eight incidents of armed robbery against ships1 were reported in Asia in August 2018. No piracy...

China tops the table: DNV GL and Menon Economics release “Leading Maritime Nations of the World” 2018

The new report follows up the 2017 report by Menon and DNV GL on the Leading Maritime Capitals of the World, ...

Tanker PANTELENA was hijacked and held by pirates for 9 days

Captain of Greek tanker PANTELENA spoke to Georgia First Channel TV and said, that tanker was hijacked on Aug 1...

Harvey Shutters Texas Refineries and Ports

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter the Houston and Corpus Christi area, with significant effects on the oil and gas industry.