News on Hong Kong.
A new wave of coronavirus has hit Hong Kong. More than half of the infected people work in a container terminal, where many of them sleep in cramped containers with no windows.
The many clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Hong Kong mean that several employees in the shipping sector want to move away from the city. Singapore is a particularly popular alternative, headhunters tell ShippingWatch.
Four port companies wants to enter a collaboration in one of the world's largest ports, Hong Kong. Now, the port's largest customer, Maersk, has sent a warning to the authorities who are evaluating whether competition is threatened.
A new alliance between several Chinese terminal operators in Hong Kong is now facing scrutiny by Hong Kong's Competition Commission. Shippers fear a monopoly.
A new report from Hong Kong recommends slashing maritime tax in the country in order to attract more maritime companies.
A decision in Hong Kong prohibiting container carriers from exchanging sensitive price information is considered by Global Shippers' Forum to be a major victory for customers.
The Port of Hong Kong handled far more containers in December than in the same period last year, but the overall container throughput in 2016 is a major disappointment and marks the lowest level since 2002.
Bo Wegener is Maersk Line's new top dog in Singapore and thus spearheads the container carrier in one of the most complex regions on the global map. ShippingWatch sat down with the 42-year-old Dane who must now deliver results from the world's largest shipping hub.
Listed dry bulk carrier Pacific Basin is planning to generate USD 150.6 million by letting old shareholders purchase new shares at a good price. The funds will be spent on, among other things, acquiring new vessels.
Now that Singapore will make it a legal requirement to use mass flow meters when bunkering at the port, ExxonMobil has also implemented the practice on its bunker deliveries in Hong Kong, ExxonMobil's Regional Sales Manager tells ShippingWatch.
The shutdown of Singapore as Maersk Line's regional headquarters has caused concern in the island nation. Going forward, five executives will head the setup in the new giant Asia/Pacific region. ShippingWatch introduces the five executives here. One woman and four men.
Hong Kong has not yet managed to finally approve the allowance of VSAs. Meanwhile, Singapore is optimistic about the major Asian shipowners' fight for volumes in a struggling container market.
Formanden for Hongkongs rederiforening, Tim Smith, satser på en udskydelse af den nye konkurrencelov, der forbyder rederiernes samarbejde i de såkaldte VSA-aftaler. Men tiden er ved at løbe ud, siger han i en kommentar til ShippingWatch.
Univan has, with the merger with Anglo-Eastern Group, become one of the world's two largest companies in ship management. CEO Bjørn Højgaard tells ShippingWatch what kind of business he will now be heading and how the merger will make a difference.
A new piece of competition legislation in Hong Kong threatens to completely displace container shipping from the island, which has one of the largest container ports in the world. Now Hong Kong's container terminal organization backs Maersk Line's criticism of the legislation.
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