Not long ago, Qingdao, and eastern Chinese city of 10 million on the eastern side of the Yellow Sea, invited journalists and information officers the world over to check out its automated port facilities. Clearly proud of itself, and its important role in Chinese world trade, being a pivot port for the railway landbridge t...

Massive Chinese shipments of cheap, high quality fibre optic cable, are going to poorer nations involved with China's Belt and Road infrastructure. While many see such a development in a positive light, others look though the glass darkly and stress the dangers. One such man works on North African affairs in which he sees a c...

THERE is concern in the container shipping industry about whether there will be sufficient low sulphur fuel available for shipping lines to meet the International Maritime Organization's requirement that from January 1, 2020 ships use fuel with a sulphur content capped at 0.5 per cent, or install engine exhaust scrubbers. ...