Cichen Shen
APAC Editor
Based in Hong Kong, Cichen Shen is the APAC Editor for Lloyd’s List. He is responsible for steering the APAC editorial team and covering a wide range of maritime sectors, from shipbuilding and ship finance to logistics and regulations.
Previously Lloyd's List's China Editor, Cichen is a consistent provider of first-hand news and insights about the country’s fast-changing maritime industry and its influence on world trading patterns.
Outside of shipping, Cichen is a fan of literature and is working on his first novel-- a love story derived from fragments of dreams.
Prior to his roles at Lloyd’s List, Cichen worked as a reporter for China’s Caijing Magazine in Beijing and was a local producer for US National Public Radio (NPR) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), while based in Shanghai.
Latest From Cichen Shen
GSBN makes foray in Latin America
Cargo Release is supported by Cosco Shipping Lines, Orient Overseas Container Line and Hutchison Ports
Yang Ming extends Seaspan boxship charters
Extension will help Yang Ming bolster its fleet capacity before the delivery of several newbuildings that it plans to order
Seaspan rejects force majeure from Chinese yard
Seaspan has more than 50 ships, whose sizes range from 7,000 teu to 24,232 teu, on order with Chinese yards. Softening freight rates could prompt carriers to take advantage of postponed deliveries and seek renegotiate or cancel the existing charterparty
MOL orders second hard sail-fitted dry bulker
MOL said a combined use of the Wind Challenger system and rotor sails, an auxiliary wind propulsion system, could cut GHG emissions by about 20%
HMM warns of weakening demand due to ‘considerable uncertainties’
HMM expects congestion, the main driver behind the latest container shipping boom, to persist over the next couple of months
Resumption of Ukrainian grain exports expected to lift smaller dry bulkers
Safety issues in the region and the potential risks of cargo delivery failure have created uncertainty over any recovery prospects