Shipping News revived

Should IMO move it’s HQ from London to Singapore, the world’s leading shipping hub?:

The ongoing trade war between China and the US is good for Inter-Asian trade and shipping:


Due to the tariffs imposed on Chinese goods entering the US, manufacturing companies move out of China to other Asian countries (not back to the US)

PS> Some MAY be Chinese made goods shipped to other Asian countries, re-labeled and exported to the US from there,

Danes are obviously popular as CEOs in the Shipping Industry these days:

BIMCO will get a new President soon:
https://www.bimco.org/news/priority-news/20200928-bimco-nominates-president-designate-to-succeed-sabrina-chao-in-2021#:~:text=Under%20the%20presidency%20of%20Mrs,Kwong%20Shipping%20Holdings%20Limited%20(Hong

P&I Club Skuld issues circular with warning about new Chinese rules on import of solid waste and hazardous waste.
Shipping companies are warned not to carry any to China without proper import license:

Heavy Lift specialist SAL takes over Intermarine:

Do you know why the grass in Denmark is green??
Because it difficult to make it blue, like nearly everything else in Denmark.

Maersk is the undisputed largest company in Denmark:
http://cphpost.dk/?p=119141#:~:text=There’s%20simply%20no%20denying%20that,turnover%20of%20259%20billion%20kroner.

The US election isn’t only of interest to US citizens. It affects the whole world, including the world of shipping:

Followed by what the next Chinese 5-year plan mean for shipping:

Shipping will be in the doldrums for another year accoding to this prediction:

More Doom and Gloom in this article:

Is this a good development, or are the “Big 5” forming a cartel to block others from competing??:

Another prediction of what the outcome of the US election will mean for shipping:

To impose Carbon Levy on shipping has been proposed in several parts of the world.
What would be the impact on shipping?:

Nothing is secret any more:

But it is left to be seen which shipping sector perform best next year:


What is your educated guess??

SCF named as, “Shipping Company of the year”:

ANL, now owned by a French shipping company has started ‘The Pilbara Connection’, a directly links to/from Singapore to Port Headland, Western Australia:

I noticed this statement:

Could this apply to US as well?
Could shipping containers from any ECUS Ports to Freeport, Bahamas for transhipment to Oakland be cheaper than to do the same by rail or road?

Could US Crude Oil export save the tanker market?:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/could-us-crude-oil-exports-provide-a-boost-to-the-tanker-market/?cf_chl_jschl_tk=4c9a05a3692c6ef85ea59a928ef9a57ee40c71c9-1606225752-0-Aa_-Q47981G1-NG-0vj1E7a4zbsyp7dpFeeyVV8lPbiWwznRiOJWo6I7H6eFpixA7E0x7MzNy0wgJfXOvM_gSjLQtD10s8BIaGD7FcNKvE-2c3kPzEZPGRu2PuTV9IQ678oz5zlSGnO23EpYm01QXnCy3Kcbt56x3wV_IG3_scde-91W-Ti0Ba4dvtzK_BaABuLzGlNypZt88ADiG3L0WSE4TwQ3QTOtQESkoWpbhK4pS_UyGbe7_uCUWFeZvOrF_ViuTqhdusf4kY_Y2e14TFPqjGSlKOBdSejI7qRa8M8urLQRtiKe4cl_-3QHOsWm7jJjmw8cAUzsXTSLNeL-4cMQjJj8Rk0cN5T8_i0Xrrwu0-_S51M9cK6T3e6uzENj7DVgBfoYJPM0S3JXbeubbE0

COSCO secure contract to transport Airbus sections and parts from Europe to the assembly plant in Tianjin:

Some will be by air…

Consolidation in the small gas tanker sector.
BW become dominant Owner in the joint Epic/Lauritzen Kosan:

BW Group is already a major player in the medium size and large LNG/LPG/Ethylene Carrier segments: