May 02, 2012 04:46 BST NHST Events Disputes and renegotiations between ship owners and charterers are at levels not seen since the financial market crash of 2008. In a highly topical session at the upcoming 8th TradeWinds Shipping China conference Geir Sviggum, Chief Representative of international law firm Wikborg Rein in Shanghai will lead an open discussion on the problems and possible solutions.

Apr 19, 2012 10:36 BST NHST Events Mining giant caught in China dilemma sends senior representative to speak at leading maritime conference in Shanghai.

Mar 13, 2012 06:52 GMT NHST Events

Mar 09, 2012 16:10 GMT NHST Events As the global ship recycling industry prepares to gather in Singapore, a fresh push is expected for European shipowners to recycle their old ships according to standards of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC).

Mar 09, 2012 05:36 GMT NHST Events

Feb 21, 2012 04:27 GMT NHST Events The organisers of the 8th TradeWinds Shipping China conference have recently released the initial agenda, aptly themed “Will the Dragon deliver?” for the 2 day conference, which will cover both timely as well as timeless issues – from charter party disputes to banned VLOCs, the fate of shipyards to the liquidity conundrum.

Feb 13, 2012 05:57 GMT NHST Events A recent report released by DNB Bank appears to bring the first piece of good news this year for shipping. As the broader industry battles with new lows and record losses, the offshore sector looks set to be on the cusp of a bull cycle. Read the full story here, first published in Upstream (an NHST title).

Feb 10, 2012 08:26 GMT NHST Events According to the front page lead in TradeWinds today, scores of ships built in the past 10 years containing substantial amounts of banned asbestos have triggered claims of lax enforcement of rules and the erroneous issuing of safety certificates.

Feb 02, 2012 14:42 GMT NHST Events TradeWinds / NHST Events is to host the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum as the opening keynote of Posidonia 2012, in the Metropolitan Expo Centre on 5 June 2012.

Dec 06, 2011 09:43 GMT NHST Events Chinese ship recyclers hope the sale of Norwegian owner Hoegh Autoliners’ 3,700-car-equivalent-unit (ceu) Hoegh Trotter (1983) to Jiangmen Zhongxin Ship Recycling Yard in South China on Monday marks the growing importance of green recycling facilities on the mainland, particularly to European owners for whom being environmentally responsible is not an option but a necessity.