Selwyn Parker

Jan 13, 2025 | lowyinstitute.org | Selwyn Parker

Chinese soldiers do not operate the Panama Canal. And the Panama government is not ripping off the consumers of the United States through inflated shipping rates. That’s the only possible conclusion from an impartial look at how this historic waterway works.

Jan 9, 2025 | rivieramm.com | Jamey Bergman |Martyn Wingrove |Craig Jallal |Selwyn Parker

Riviera’s Carbon Capture & Storage Webinar Week will focus on carbon capture and storage from four perspectives: shipboard use and emissions monitoring; scaling up CO2 infrastructure; maritime clusters; and the powering of future-fuelled fleets The CO2 Shipping & CCS Conference, Asia takes place on 16 July in Singapore.

Dec 15, 2024 | bairdmaritime.com | Selwyn Parker

China should be extremely grateful to the Peruvian government of Dina Boluarte. Courtesy of her Congress, which rewrote the rules of foreign ownership to make it happen after a long dispute with the country’s ports authority, China’s state-owned COSCO shipping giant has wrapped up exclusive use of Peru’s brand-new Chancay deep-water megaport for up to 60 years. Numerous other benefits come with the deal.

Nov 17, 2024 | lowyinstitute.org | Selwyn Parker

South Korea’s projected US$26.5 billion floating wind farm off Ulsan City – the biggest of its kind anywhere – is the latest step in Asia’s laggardly race towards net zero. Announced in November, the mainly European-funded project will be an important contribution to the renewables economy but the region remains way behind on its renewables targets. It needs to find around US$3 trillion between now and 2030 to have a chance of catching up, according to a wide variety of expert sources.

Nov 4, 2024 | rivieramm.com | Selwyn Parker

China’s shipbuilding orderbook has reached record levels, and shows no signs of abating, accounting for about 56% of the global orderbook by compensated gross tons (cgt). Clarksons reports China’s orderbook as of October stood at 3,202 vessels (ships of 1,000 gt or more) with a combined 83.4M cgt — nearly treble the late 2020 level, and exceeding the previous October 2008 peak by 9%.