Category: Greater China

  • The Greater Bay Area and shipping in the spotlight

    The Greater Bay Area and shipping in the spotlight Why working with nearby southern Chinese cities is an imperative for Hong Kong. The latest installment from our brand new magazine being distributed across Hong Kong Maritime Week. The Greater Bay Area, Beijing’s attempt to unite nine cities in Guangdong with Hong Kong and Macau into…

  • Watch the finals of The Captain’s Table live on Splash today

    Watch the finals of The Captain’s Table live on Splash today The Captain’s Table 2024 Pitch Competition will air today on Splash live from Hong Kong . This year will see the sixth cohort of startups pitching live from 4pm Hong Kong time to a global, in person audience in Hong Kong and online. The…

  • Monte Nero adds to product tanker orderbook in China

    Monte Nero adds to product tanker orderbook in China Athens-based owner Monte Nero Maritime has been linked to an order for up to four MR2 product tanker newbuilds at Chinese repair and retrofit yard COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries (Guangdong).  Brokers in Greece have placed two firm 50,000 dwt newbuilds at $44m, with deliveries set for…

  • CDB Leasing offloads kamsarmax trio at auction

    CDB Leasing offloads kamsarmax trio at auction CDB Leasing has been tied to a triple kamsarmax bulker sale through an auction.  Multiple brokers report the Hong Kong-listed leasing unit of China Development Bank has offloaded the 2015-built CL Rizhao and the 2016-built CL Singapore and CL Tianjing for around $68.5m. VesselsValues estimates the ships between…

  • Angad Banga identifies Hong Kong’s maritime needs

    Angad Banga identifies Hong Kong’s maritime needs The local shipowner association in Hong Kong has been in regular dialogue with government to foster better maritime conditions. The latest installment from our brand new magazine being distributed across Hong Kong Maritime Week. Angad Banga is mid-way through a two-year tenure as chairman of the Hong Kong…

  • Asia and Europe on divergent coal paths

    Asia and Europe on divergent coal paths Global seaborne coal trades are being cleaved apart, with Asian economies taking more and more volumes while the West pulls back from the commodity.  According to data from AXS Marine, the volume of steam coal cargoes discharged at mainland Chinese ports in October reached 34.25m tonnes, up 15.8%…

  • COSCO seals green methanol pact 

    COSCO seals green methanol pact  COSCO Shipping Group is stepping up its drive in the production of green methanol. China’s state-owned shipping behemoth has signed a memorandum of understanding with Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) and US trader Freepoint Commodities, described as a major milestone in accelerating the transition to sustainable fuels for…

  • Hong Kong’s role in global ship finance

    Hong Kong’s role in global ship finance The city has plenty of core strengths when it comes to providing capital to shipping. The latest installment from our brand new magazine being distributed across Hong Kong Maritime Week. Hong Kong has a long tradition of providing shipping finance and progress has recently been made to attract…

  • Getting the cream of the crop into shipping

    Getting the cream of the crop into shipping How to get tech students in Hong Kong enthused about a career in maritime. The latest instalment from our brand new Hong Kong magazine. An insufficient number of tech students are enthused enough to enter a career in maritime in Hong Kong. It is an issue that…

  • China stretches lead at the top of shipbuilding stakes

    China stretches lead at the top of shipbuilding stakes China’s grip on global shipbuilding is growing ever stronger, building a sizeable gap from second place, South Korea, with some warning the dominance the People’s Republic exerts in this construction sector could become an early target from the incoming Donald Trump administration in the US.  At…

  • Fleet Management at 30: How the business of shipmanagement is changing in the 2020s

    Fleet Management at 30: How the business of shipmanagement is changing in the 2020s Splash has launched a special publication to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fleet Management, the world’s second-largest shipmanager. The new magazine comes at a pivotal time for the Hong Kong manager as it prepares for a change of leadership with Kishore…

  • Splash launches bumper Hong Kong magazine

    Splash launches bumper Hong Kong magazine Ahead of Hong Kong Maritime Week, Splash today publishes an 80-page magazine on the Special Administrative Region. Recent weeks have seen plenty of much needed focus on reestablishing Hong Kong as a leading international maritime centre (IMC). The climb back up the ranks will not be easy, but finally…

  • Shipyards advance designs as CO2 shipping gains oxygen

    Shipyards advance designs as CO2 shipping gains oxygen A purple-hulled vessel, sporting a rotor sail, has been criss-crossing the Yellow Sea in recent weeks carrying out landmark sea trials.  The Northern Pioneer is the first is a series of four 7,500 cu m liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers ordered at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC)…

  • A $1.3trn market opportunity drives into Asia

    A $1.3trn market opportunity drives into Asia Pushpank Kaushik, CEO of Jassper Shipping, writes for Splash today on electric vehicle adoption in emerging Asia. The electric mobility wave is transforming markets worldwide, but in Asia’s emerging economies, its impact extends deeply into social, environmental, and public health spheres. India, now the world’s largest market for…

  • Why China’s changing diet matters

    Why China’s changing diet matters The Chinese switch from pork and how this is influencing dry bulk trades. Eating healthier and more nutritious foods and changing your diet for the better is the advice of every doctor you probably ever met. But what happens if a country of 1.4bn people changes its diet and how…

  • New Jiangzhou Shipyard seals debut ethylene carrier order

    China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry has entered the gas carrier shipbuilding segment in a deal with a domestic owner. The restructured builder, formerly known as Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding, has been contracted by gas shipowner Shenzhen Haihong Shipping for a single 7,000 cu m ethylene carrier.  The builder, which has seen several orders coming…