Seatrade Asia Online

SeatradeAsia-Online 1 is a free daily news website that covers maritime related events from the Asian region. The site is the second online project by Colchester based Seatrade Communications 2, which is also responsible for cruise news website Seatrade Insider 3 and print publications such as the bi-monthly Seatrade magazine and quarterly Seatrade Cruise Review in addition to supplements for its various maritime clients.

The website’s tagline – “from Suez to Sakhalin” determines the geographic area from which stories are gathered by a network of correspondents, but news items from Australia and New Zealand are also occasionally featured.

SeatradeAsia-Online was started on July 03, 2006, but was publicised only through word of mouth till April 2007 when it was launched at the SeaAsia event. Although the site requires registration, it is funded through its advertising and users do not have to submit any credit details. Registration allows users not only to view current stories, but also to browse the complete archive. They can also access a special monthly in-depth report that must be downloaded in pdf format – note: the report is usually taken from the current issue of Seatrade magazine.