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
Port fees to take stage in Trump’s US-China trade war opera
As the US moves to impose targeted port fees on China-linked shipping, the industry has already felt the disruption. And if tensions escalate, the policy could provoke countermeasures that risk further fragmenting global trade
Transpacific blank sailings surge as US-China trade war intensifies
Amid escalating US–China trade tensions and volatile tariffs, container carriers are aggressively blanking sailings on transpacific routes, slashing capacity and reshuffling services to manage collapsing demand and mounting uncertainty
Tariff relief fuels front-loading but China slowdown clouds peak season
A temporary tariff reprieve for non-China partners could trigger a surge in front-loading and short-term rate hikes, but the unresolved US-China standoff casts a long shadow across peak season planning and inventory flows
Trump moves to reclaim US maritime power with new executive order
President Trump signed an executive order to revive US maritime dominance by boosting shipbuilding, countering China and strengthening national security through new funding, trade actions and workforce initiatives
China’s state-owned shipping giants join Beijing’s stock market rescue effort
China’s state-owned shipping firms have joined a broader state-led effort to stabilise the stock market through accelerated share buybacks, as Beijing moves to shore up investor confidence and counter the impact of escalating US tariffs
US importers scrap Asian orders as tariffs derail transpacific contracts
A deepening US-China tariff standoff is upending transpacific trade, triggering booking cancellations, stalling freight contracts, and raising stagflation risks as shippers scramble for alternative routes and supply chain clarity