Cichen Shen is the APAC Editor at Informa. With a focus on supply chain and logistics, energy policy, and regional interests, Cichen covers a wide range of topics including renewable energy, climate policy, and logistics technology across the Asia-Pacific region. Cichen's insights and expertise have also been featured in Lloyd's List.
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Cichen Shen's articles predominantly focus on the transportation and logistics industry, with an emphasis on shipping, maritime industry, international trade, and China. Given this coverage area, pitches should offer insights related to these sectors such as innovative trends in international trade or impactful developments within the Chinese transportation and logistics space.
As Cichen often covers press releases and private sector announcements in the transportation and logistics industry without a specified geographic focus, experts or companies within these fields can provide valuable contributions to her reporting. Additionally, given their expertise in specific areas of interest like shipping routes or logistical challenges faced by multinational corporations would likely be well-received for potential interview opportunities.
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Trump pauses Project Freedom one day after launch, citing progress in Iran talks Shipowners unsurprised by reversal, with one calling it "another TACO"
By: Peter Guo, Cichen Shen
Beijing has barred companies from complying with fresh US sanctions on five Chinese refiners over alleged oil trade with Iran, which marks the first concrete action since the introduction of such blocking rules in 2021
CY Leung argues China has not been caught off guard by the Strait of Hormuz crisis The HKCOS adviser and veteran statesman says Beijing prefers a global framework for decarbonising shipping
Market cap tops Yuan150bn as shares recover from post-sanctions dip Legal experts say shipbuilder faces no compliance risk due to separate corporate structure from sanctioned refinery
Freight rates are climbing but Hapag-Lloyd says the Hormuz crisis won’t be a repeat of coronavirus-era windfalls
Cosco VLCC Yuan Hua Hu slips through Hormuz on the day Trump lands in China, suggesting Tehran waved it through as a gesture
Chinese tanker stocks tumbled as analysts debate whether the Hormuz-fuelled freight rally has peaked or if Monday’s sell-off was just a blip
By: Cichen Shen
US sanctions waivers are drawing mainstream buyers like Japan back to Russian oil, reshaping trade flows as China retreats and India emerges as the top buyer
By: Cichen Shen
US banks freeze Singapore law firm’s escrow accounts, disrupting ship deals and raising fears of tighter compliance scrutiny across the market
Cosco president tells Lloyd’s List the company is coordinating vessel withdrawals from the Middle East Gulf, as industry leaders warn Hormuz crisis threatens shipping resilience
