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
Maersk makes first Red Sea transit in almost two years
Any return will be stepwise and dependent on sustained security improvements
US sanctions derail Qingdao Port’s asset consolidation as Rizhao deal falls through
It is the latest setback to Shandong Port Group’s asset consolidation drive amid tightening controls on sanctioned oil trades
Can the US live with net zero? Shipping awaits an IMO deal it can believe in
Can the IMO craft a climate deal that satisfies US energy interests without sacrificing real emissions cuts?
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