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
Tankers keep moving through Hormuz as diplomacy stalls
Tankers keep moving through the Strait of Hormuz even as US-Iran talks stall and the shooting continues
Pacific Basin’s Fruergaard: brace for more disruption, not less
Shipping companies are operating in a world where clear rules may never return
South Korea joins China in race to develop Arctic shipping route
Seoul backs its first Arctic voyage as Red Sea crisis forces Asia to rethink Europe-bound shipping
China’s shipbuilding dominance rolls on, but delivery may be the next test
China’s shipbuilding dominance shows no signs of slowing, but the proliferation of new yards and swelling orderbooks are raising questions about delivery risks
SeaLead winds up operations after US sanctions over Iran links
SeaLead has entered liquidation a year after US sanctions over Iran links stripped the Singapore carrier of most of its fleet
VLCCs lighten loads to slip through Suez as Houthi blockade bites
Switched-off transponders and part-discharged cargoes reveal how far tanker owners are going to keep Saudi crude moving under the shadow of the Houthi blockade