Container Ships News


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…

Port of Los Angeles: Highest Cargo Numbers Ever Produce Lowest Emissions

Aug 18, 2017

Emissions inventory shows 2016 was a banner year for green growth. The Port of Los Angeles achieved record clean air gains while moving more cargo than ever, according to the Port’s 2016 Inventory of Air Emissions. Released today, the annual…

Milaha Launches Direct Container Service Between Qatar and Kuwait

Aug 17, 2017

Milaha, a Qatar-based maritime and logistics conglomerate, has launched the first ever direct feeder service between Qatar and Kuwait.  The new service, named KQX (Kuwait Qatar Express Service), will operate between Hamad Port in Qatar and Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait once a week initially…

Milaha Launches Kuwait Service amid Diplomatic Crisis

Aug 16, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha) , a top Doha-based shipping and logistics group, said on Wednesday it had launched a new container service to Kuwait amid a diplomatic crisis that has seen it lose access to regional trans-shipment hub, Dubai.Milaha will operate the weekly…

Port of Hamburg’s 2017 Volumes on Pace with 2016

Aug 16, 2017

At 70 million tons, first-half seaborne cargo throughput in Hamburg in 2017, including the general and bulk cargo segments, all but matched the previous year’s, being one-fifth of one percent (0.2 percent) lower. In the first six months of 2017 containerized general cargo throughput at 4…

Maersk Reports Q2 Loss, Sees Cyber Attack Bill at $200-$300 Mln

Aug 16, 2017

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller Maersk reported an unexpected net loss in the second quarter due to terminal and tanker impairment charges, but said it was upbeat on the container shipping outlook. Maersk also said it expected a $200 million…

PSA, PIL, IBM on Blockchain Development

Aug 15, 2017

Ocean carrier Pacific International Lines (PIL), terminal operator PSA International and IBM plan to utilize blockchain for better security, efficiency and transparency in supply chain business networks and trade finance. Three companies…

Gulftainer Receives Maiden Call of CMA CGM Virginia

Aug 14, 2017

Gulftainer, the largest privately owned independent port operator, has marked the maiden call of the CMA CGM Virginia vessel with a capacity of 5,095 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) at its flagship Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT).  The vessel call was completed in a record 5…

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