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
Shipping decarbonisation delayed, not derailed, say BV chiefs
Despite the IMO’s net zero delay and patchy progress on green fuels, Bureau Veritas argues that environmental pressure, China’s scale and a pivot to efficiency technologies are locking shipping into a slower but hard‑to‑reverse decarbonisation path
China Merchants Energy Shipping treads net zero course ‘cautiously’ as IMO plan stalls
One of China’s largest shipowners is betting on flexibility to stay ahead of a fractured regulatory landscape
Cansi chief calls for end to ‘volume game’ as China’s shipbuilding share peaks
China’s shipbuilding association is urging the sector to swap market share battles for disciplined, innovation-led leadership as US-driven geopolitical pressure tests the limits of the country’s long-standing, boom-amplified dominance in global shipbuilding
MSC’s ascent rewrites power balance and risk in container shipping
MSC’s breakneck, organic fleet expansion has upended container shipping’s balance of power and could push the industry into a high stakes race that risks locking in a new era of overcapacity, Linerlytica analyst says
Reflections from Tokyo: when policies move faster than ships
In a world where policies move faster than ships, adaptability might have become the industry's most valuable cargo
NYK holds back from Red Sea as president Soga warns security ‘far from ideal’
NYK is keeping its fleet out of the Red Sea, judging that fragile geopolitics and navigational safety still outweigh the lure of shorter routes and lower costs