Container Ships News


Boskalis Bags Stockholm Norvik Port Contract

Jul 19, 2017

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. said it has been awarded a contract by Ports of Stockholm to construct the quay wall for the new Stockholm Norvik Port in Sweden. The contract value amounts to approximately €60 million ($69 million). The project…

Port of LA Sets FY Cargo Volume Record

Jul 17, 2017

The Port of Los Angeles reports it has closed its 12-month fiscal year with total cargo volumes of 9.2 million twenty-foot units (TEUs), a new annual record for most container throughput for a Western Hemisphere port. Volumes increased 8.1 percent in June compared to the same period last year…

E.R. Schiffahrt to Manage 3 More Maersk Ships

Jul 14, 2017

Hamburg-based ship manager E.R. Schiffahrt informs it has been appointed by Maersk Line to manage three further vessels. With this new mandate, E.R. Schiffahrt increases the managed fleet for the world’s largest liner company from six to nine…

TCM Gearing Up for Panamax Ships

Jul 13, 2017

The recent dredging to the Port of Maputo, Mozambique, access channel, early this year, from -11 to 14.3 meters served as an enabler to other infrastructure projects, some already taking place at the Port.  According to a press release…

Rickmers to Sell its Last 9 Vessels to Navios

Jul 11, 2017

HSH syndicate, comprising HSH Nordbank and DBS Bank, has approved the sale of the remaining nine of 14 vessels of Singapore-based Rickmers Trust Management for some $54 million to Navios Partners Containers and Navios Partners Containers Finance…

TOTE Maritime Invests in Reefer Containers

Jul 11, 2017

TOTE Maritime has this year purchased 350 new high-tech smart refrigerated containers to service the Puerto Rico trade route. TOTE Maritime was among the shipping industry’s pioneers in using machine-to-machine or M2M telematics technology…

A Full Agenda for the International Container Trades

Jul 11, 2017

The past couple of months have been chock-a-block full of maritime activity in the international container trades.  As the Big-3 Japanese Lines remain still on track to spin-off their container business units into a single standalone container carrier company…

OOCL is 'The Perfect Bride' -Drewry

Jul 10, 2017

Orient Overseas International (OOIL) and its container unit OOCL have a good track record for above-average profits in a challenging market and a reputation for being a very well-run company, earning the moniker “The Perfect Bride” by Drewry Maritime Financial Research…

TUI Sheds Its Stake in Hapag-Lloyd to Focus on Tourism

Jul 10, 2017

Europe's largest tourism group TUI Group said on Monday it had sold its stake in container shipper Hapag-Lloyd, bringing to a close plans for the sale of non-core businesses in order to focus on its tourism operations. TUI Group has been…

Maersk: Too Early to Predict Financial Impact of Cyber Attack

Jul 07, 2017

Asia CEO said ports have resumed releasing cargo; will discuss settlement, liability issues with customers. Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month's global Petya cyber attack that hit the shipping giant's computers and delayed cargoes…

Hapag-Lloyd, UASC Focus on Staff Training

Jul 06, 2017

Combined the newly merged German shipping line Hapag Lloyd and Arab sector peer UASC have more than 4,800 sales and customer service personnel represented in 125 countries around the globe. Now as the shipping lines continue the transitional integration period…

US Trade Deficit Narrows as Exports Hit Two-year High

Jul 06, 2017

The U.S. trade deficit fell in May as exports increased to their highest level in just over two years, but trade could still weigh on economic growth in the second quarter. The Commerce Department said on Thursday the trade gap decreased 2…

Pile Driving to Resume at Tacoma’s Husky Terminal

Jul 05, 2017

Pile driving at the Husky Terminal in the Tacoma Tideflats is slated to resume July 6 at the close of the annual fish migration season which runs from February to July. The Pier 4 work is part of $250 million in terminal improvements that…

Panama Canal Hearing Addresses Toll Structure Changes

Jul 05, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) today held a public hearing on its tolls structure modifications proposal. “The modified tolls will safeguard the Canal's competitiveness, charge a fair price for the value of the route and provide a competitive service to the global shipping industry…

Yangzijiang Bags Newbuild Orders Worth $133 Mln

Jul 04, 2017

China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has won six shipbuilding contracts worth a total of $133m during the second quarter of this year, Business Times reported. Three of these orders for 1,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containerships…

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