Chinas Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that guidelines expected later this year would require companies using more than 10 kilograms per year of a new chemical to register the substance with the government. A MarketsandMarkets report identified Asia-Pacific as having the busiest ports worldwide, and noted that increasing trade activities and infrastructure developments make it the fastest-growing marine lubricants market through 2021. A partnership between ExxonMobil and global sports and media enterprise National Basketball Association will see Mobil 1 promoted extensively in China through the organizations presence there.