Hay tres procesos de negociación con países asiáticos que podrían traer novedades en el corto plazo. El hecho de que Perú presida este año, por tercera vez, el Foro de Cooperación Asia Pacífico (APEC) da el marco para que ello se concrete.
China
Chinese yard to build wind module transport ship for MOL
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has awarded Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering a contract for the construction of a new heavy transport vessel. MOL’s dry bulk shipping arm MOL Drybulk will be the operator of the vessel, which will be used primarily for the transport of components of offshore...
China and EU Trade Tensions Risk a Full Trade War, European Chamber President Warns
GUANGZHOU, China, April 17 (Reuters) – China and Europe face a “slow motion train accident” as a rising tide of protectionism threatens to become a full trade war, the head of a European business lobby group…
https://gcaptain.com/china-and-eu-trade-tensions-risk-a-full-trade-war/
D’Amico orders two LR1 tankers in China
Italian owner d’Amico International Shipping has signed a shipbuilding contract with Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding for the purchase of two new LR1 product tankers. The order was placed by the Italian firm’s Irish subsidiary, d’Amico Tankers. The price for each 75,000 dwt vessel will be $55.4m....
https://splash247.com/damico-orders-two-lr1-tankers-in-china/
Jinhui bulks up with newcastlemax charter
Chinese bulker operator Jinhui Shipping and Transportation has chartered in a vessel under a long-term deal for the second time in less than a week. The Oslo- and Hong Kong-listed company has contracted a 2017-built newcastlemax True Neptune for at least 33 months from the Singapore-based Olam...
https://splash247.com/jinhui-bulks-up-with-newcastlemax-charter/
Seacon boosts tanker fleet with newbuild duo
China’s Seacon Shipping has returned to Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding for more tankers. The Hong Kong-listed company has added two 18,500 dwt chemical/product carriers to four already booked at the yard earlier this year in a deal worth a total of $129.2m. The fresh order came at $32.3m each with...
https://splash247.com/seacon-boosts-tanker-fleet-with-newbuild-duo/
Atlantska Plovidba adds to ultramax orderbook in China
Croatian bulker owner and operator Atlantska Plovidba has added another ultramax newbuild to its orderbook in China. The Dubrovnik-based outfit, majority owned by compatriot Tankerska Plovidba from Zadar, said in a Zagreb stock exchange filing it had lifted an option at Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy...
https://splash247.com/atlantska-plovidba-adds-to-ultramax-orderbook-in-china/
CMA CGM welcomes LNG-powered newbuild to fleet
The CMA CGM Group recently took delivery of a new containership constructed by China’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. Named CMA CGM Paraty, the newbuild was designed by the 708 Research Institute of the China Shipbuilding Group. It has an LOA of 336 metres, a moulded beam of 51 metres, a...
Tour boat capsizing leaves 12 dead in northern China
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13. The unidentified vessel was transporting passengers on the Qinlong River near the village of Qinhuangdao when the incident occurred at around 14:30 local time on...
Philippines Tells US It Will Assert South China Sea Rights
By David Brunnstrom (Reuters) – The Philippines is determined to assert its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, its foreign secretary said on Friday at a meeting with U.S….
https://gcaptain.com/philippines-tells-us-it-will-assert-south-china-sea-rights/