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
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
Hong Kong launches war risks pool to curb over-reliance on Western insurance
New Hong Kong war risks pool marks a bid to pull greater pricing power, underwriting expertise and geopolitical risk management for Asian shipping back to the region itself
China Merchants chief urges shipping to ‘break barriers’ amid geopolitical turbulence
China Merchants’ chairman used Hong Kong Maritime Week to signal that Beijing’s state shipping champion wants to shape, not just endure, the next phase of geopolitics-driven, green and digital upheaval in global shipping
From zombie tankers to fake IMO numbers: the identity frauds now playing out at sea
Sanctioned tankers wanting a second life are actively stealing and inventing identities, abusing the global ship-tracking system itself
Power politics erode IMO’s ability to give shipowners certainty, industry leaders warn
As great power politics spill into maritime rule making, shipowners are being forced to make 20-year bets on the basis of 12-month political deals