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
Net zero is not dead, but the IMO needs pragmatism, says Wah Kwong’s Hing Chao
The battle over shipping decarbonisation is moving from headline ambition to practical deal-making, says the Hong Kong-based shipowner
Cosco suspends Balboa port calls amid escalating Panama dispute
Cosco’s exit hands Balboa’s new operator a terminal but fewer ships to fill it
Fujairah bunker barge loading halted by oil storage damage from debris
Ship bunkering activities continue, but only from barges to vessels
Tanker stocks swing between boom and breakdown as Hormuz closure divides analysts
The tanker trade is no longer pricing freight alone, but the point at which risk becomes worth taking
China summons Maersk and MSC as Panama port row deepens
Beijing’s intervention could add a new layer of uncertainty to MSC’s planned $23bn acquisition of CK Hutchison’s global port portfolio
More Chinese-linked vessels broadcast identity to transit Hormuz, but tankers stay away
More shipowners are testing whether a Chinese identity can buy safe passage through Hormuz — but China’s biggest players aren’t convinced yet