Container Ships News


OOCL Increases Scope of GHG Reporting Verification

Aug 24, 2017

Hong Kong-based container shipping company OOCL said it has made progress in its pursuit of higher standards and transparency in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting. According to classification society Lloyd’s Register, OOCL has not only met…

APL Rolls Out Service Linking Asia, Latin America

Aug 24, 2017

APL said it will add a weekly Asia Latin America Express 3 (AE3-AW3) service connecting China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other key Asian markets to Mexico and the West Coast South America.  “The Asia Latin America Express 3 service further enhances our Asia-Latin America service coverage…

OOCL Germany Delivered

Aug 23, 2017

OOCL celebrated the christening of Hull H2173, a 21,413 TEU newbuilding constructed at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on Geoje Island.   Named as OOCL Germany, this mega containership is the second of the six 21 thousand TEU class…

Kalmar Signs Deal with DP World Australia

Aug 23, 2017

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, continues its long-term cooperation with DP World Australia, the country's largest stevedore, with orders of 38 new machines for its new logistics arm, DP World Logistics Australia.  The orders include 7 Kalmar reachstackers…

Seaspan Takes Delivery of 11,000 TEU Containership

Aug 23, 2017

Seaspan Corporation said it has accepted delivery of the MSC Shuba B, an 11,000 TEU containership that will commence a 17-year fixed-rate bareboat charter with Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC). Upon completion of the bareboat charter period…

Grindrod Plans to Spin off Shipping Business

Aug 23, 2017

Grindrod, the South Africa-listed freight logistics and shipping services firm, is planning to separate and list its shipping business in order to unlock its value, the company said on Wednesday. Grindrod, which also has a financial services business…

CMA CGM to Build World's Largest Boxships at Chinese Yard

Aug 23, 2017

French shipping group CMA CGM plans to build nine of the world's largest container ships at two Chinese shipyards, the China Daily newspaper reported on Wednesday. Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co confirmed that it and its sister yard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co…

Panama Canal Welcomes Largest Capacity Containership To-date

Aug 22, 2017

The Panama Canal today welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever transit the Expanded Locks, the Neopanamax containership CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, which began its voyage from Asia, will be making stops along the U.S. East Coast. The ship has a total TEU allowance (TTA) of 14…

Qatar Shipper Milaha Starts Turkey Service amid Crisis

Aug 22, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha), the Doha-based maritime and logistics group, has launched a direct shipping service between Qatar and Turkey amid a regional diplomatic crisis that has cut Doha cut off from three of its closest neighbours. Saudi Arabia…

USCG Approves JAX LNG for Ship-to-ship Bunkering

Aug 21, 2017

The joint venture between Pivotal LNG and Northstar Midstream, JAX LNG, LLC, has received a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) for the operation of its waterfront LNG facility and the approval to conduct ship-to-ship…

Kloosterboer Adds New Harbor Crane, Reachstacker

Aug 21, 2017

The Dutch logistics service provider Kloosterboer and Liebherr Maritime Cranes mark their 20 years of partnership with a port equipment order comprising a new mobile harbor crane and a new reachstacker. Kloosterboer, founded in 1925, provides…

Port of LA, GE Expand Digital Portal Solution

Aug 21, 2017

Teams scale digital pilot, adding terminals and shipping lines throughout Port to help goods move more efficiently through America’s largest container port Less than a year since launching a first-of-its kind digital solution to keep cargo…

Diana Reactivates Idle Containership

Aug 21, 2017

Diana Containerships Inc. said plans to reactivate one of its idle Panamax container vessels, the m/v Pamina, a 5,042 TEU container vessel built in 2005.The company also announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered…

Hyundai Merchant Marine, BlackRock in Investment Talks

Aug 21, 2017

South Korean shipper Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) is in talks with BlackRock Inc about a potential investment but details have yet to be discussed, a HMM spokesman said on Monday. BlackRock is in talks with HMM to invest up to 1…

IPA Opens New Container Route

Aug 18, 2017

Incheon Port Authority (IPA) announced that a regular container route ‘Thailand-Vietnam Services (TVX)’ launched by five shipping companies – Namsung Shipping, Dongjin Shipping, Pan Continental Shipping, Pan Ocean and CK Line – was newly opened…

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