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
Tanker stocks slide as Hormuz-driven rally shows cracks
Chinese tanker stocks tumbled as analysts debate whether the Hormuz-fuelled freight rally has peaked or if Monday’s sell-off was just a blip
Cosco VLCC slips through Hormuz as Trump lands in Beijing
Tehran seems to have let another Cosco tanker pass hours before Trump and Xi sit down to talk Iran
Demand rebound and Hormuz gridlock fuel container rate hikes
Freight rates are climbing but Hapag-Lloyd says the Hormuz crisis won’t be a repeat of coronavirus-era windfalls
Hengli Heavy rides out sanctions scare to hit $20bn valuation
The world’s third-largest shipbuilder shrugs off sanctions shadow as separate corporate structure shields it from US measures targeting affiliated refinery
China’s green fuel push: ‘Do our things and do them well’
China’s ‘systemic advantage’ will prove pivotal in driving the country’s green fuel development, says CY Leung, an adviser to the Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping and a senior statesman within China’s top political advisory body
China’s blocking order leaves shipping, oil and banking compliance teams navigating ‘Odyssean dilemma’
With the Middle East crisis tightening the sanctions noose on Iran’s oil buyers, China fires back by activating its own blocking rules — forcing a compliance rethink, although enforcement beyond its borders remains doubtful