A hazardous goods container exploded Friday on a ship operating in China's Ningbo port, vessel owner Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. told CNBC in a statement, citing a preliminary investigation.

The explosion happened on Friday at around 1.50pm local time at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, just south of Shanghai, on China's ...

At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo, local officials say. At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more ...