COSCO SHIPPING Retains Position as World's Largest ShipownerUK-based consultancy Maritime Strategies International (MSI) recently released its latest shipowner rankings. The rankings are based on the deadweight tonnage of currently operating fleets (excluding orders, offshore assets, or cruise ships) and compare against the same period last year.Measured by deadweight tonnage, COSCO SHIPPING retained its position as the world's largest shipowner. As of August 31, its fleet size has slightly increased to 76.2 million dwt. However, over the past year, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's largest container shipping operator, achieved the most remarkable leap: its operational fleet expanded significantly from 35.5 million dwt to 44.5 million dwt, surpassing Bank of Com...
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Settlement in RMB! 6 Self-developed Large Container Ships Signed Contracts On 18th October, Hudong-Zhonghua, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), and China Shipbuilding Trading (CS Trading) signed a new contract for the construction of 6 self-developed 13,600 TEU large container ships. The shipowner of this batch of orders for Canada Seaspan company, will use RMB settlement, is so far one of the few shipbuilding orders signed by foreign shipowners with this payment method directly in Chinese shipbuilding enterprises, to promote the internationalisation of RMB is of g...
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2024
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Embracing LNG? Maersk's first big $4.6bn orders are about to hit the ground running! Nearly two months after the official announcement of a major change in the choice of alternative fuels, Maersk's first order for up to 22 LNG dual-fuelled containerships worth US$4.6 billion is about to land. According to multiple sources within the shipbuilding industry, two-thirds of Maersk's order for the first batch of 32 LNG dual-fuel, 16,000 TEU class containerships has already been finalised with a shipbuilding yard. China's New Era Shipbuilding is the first shipyard to reach a substan...
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2024
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About 20% of the world Zhejiang Zhoushan become a world-class ship repair and refitting base Recently, the reporter learned from the zhoushan city party committee propaganda department of zhejiang province was informed that 1-7 months of this year, zhoushan city ship repair 2663, realizing the output value of 12.44 billion yuan, an increase of 21.5%, accounting for more than 35% of the country, accounting for about 20% of the world, and become a world-class ship repair and refitting base. This year, the global shipping market demand continues to grow, Zhejiang shipbuilding industry at full t...
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2024
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Canada's Second Largest Container Port Issues Strike Warning Not only are strikes planned at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, but the Port of Montreal (Montreal), Canada's second-largest container port, is also under threat of a strike! On September 27th, the union representing dockworkers at the Port of Montreal issued a 72-hour strike notice, and dockworkers will be on strike at two Termont Montreal-owned terminals - the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals - starting at 7:00 a.m. on Monday (30th), with the strike likely to last until Thursday. The local union, which is affiliated ...
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2024
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GORGEOUS OCEAN exhibits at ICIF China 2024 | Exploring new opportunities in hazardous chemical logisticsFrom September 19th to 21st, GORGEOUS OCEAN participated in ICIF China 2024 International Chemical Industry Exhibition held in Shanghai New International Expo Center. This exhibition brings together cutting-edge enterprises in the global chemical industry, providing a broad communication and cooperation platform for the upstream and downstream of the chemical industry chain. With its profound experience and professional services in the field of hazardous chemical logistics, GORGEOUS OCEAN bo...
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2024
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China's first heavy icebreaker, new intelligence revealed!Recently, Wu Gang, a Chinese ship design master and chief expert of the 708 Research Institute under China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, introduced that the research and design work of China's first heavy icebreaker is being steadily promoted by the 708 Institute. Once put into use, the ship can perform long-term missions in the Arctic and Antarctic and reach places that were previously inaccessible. China is comprehensively strengthening the construction of polar scientific research, shipping, security and governance capab...
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2024
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