Container Ships News


Wärtsilä BWM Systems for CMA CGM Newbuilds

Jan 30, 2017

Four new 3,300 TEU containerships being built for the French shipping group CMA CGM will feature Wärtsilä Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). This is the third series of vessels for which the same owner has selected the Wärtsilä BWMS solution…

Matson Announces Quarterly Dividend

Jan 27, 2017

The Board of Directors of Matson, Inc., a U.S. carrier in the Pacific, today declared a first quarter dividend of $0.19 per common share.  The dividend will be paid on March 2, 2017 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, 2017.

Cosco Shipping Holdings to Post 2016 Loss

Jan 26, 2017

Cosco Shipping Holdings (CSH)has announced that its profit for 2016 will be below that of 2015, reports Reuters.  The container shipping arm of state-owned China Cosco Shipping Corp expects to post a net loss of 9.9 billion yuan ($1.44 billion) for 2016…

Former Hanjin General Counsel Joins Montgomery McCracken

Jan 25, 2017

Wook Chung, former General Counsel at Hanjin Shipping America, has joined the maritime and transportation practice of law firm Montgomery McCracken. Chung will serve as Of Counsel in the firm’s New York office. As General Counsel at Hanjin Shipping America…

New Direct Container Service Between Saudi Arabia And India

Jan 25, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha), a maritime and logistics conglomerate based in Qatar, has signed an agreement with the Kandla International Container Terminal (KICT) in India, to start the first direct common carrier feeder service between Saudi Arabia and India…

First Cuba to US Cargo Shipment Arrives

Jan 25, 2017

A shipment of artisanal charcoal made its way from Cuba to Port Everglades aboard Crowley’s container ship K Storm, marking the first truly commercial shipment from a Cuban cooperative to a private U.S. business since the U.S.-Cuba trade embargo was imposed more than 50 years ago…

Curacao Port Goes Live with KleinPort

Jan 24, 2017

As of January 1, 2017 the Curacao Ports Authority (CPA), and its tug operating affiliate KTK, are officially in production with their new KleinPort port management information system. CPA and KTK are using the KleinPort system to schedule…

South Carolina Container Volumes Climb 5%

Jan 23, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority reported a 5.4 percent increase in 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) volume fiscal year to date, with 1,029,450 TEUs handled since the period began in July.   December was a solid finish to the second quarter of fiscal year 2017…

Georgia Ports See Double-digit Growth in December

Jan 23, 2017

The Georgia Ports Authority marked 12.3 percent container volume growth in December, moving 292,172 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 32,099 TEUs compared to December 2015, a record for the GPA.  Roll-on/Roll-off cargo mirrored that growth…

Container Owners Association Elects New Leaders

Jan 20, 2017

The Board of Directors of the Container Owners Association (COA) has elected Brian Darnowski, Vice-President – Global Operations, Triton International, to the position of COA Chairman; and Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen, Head of Cargo Management, Maersk Line…

Antwerp Finishes 2016 with 2.7% Growth

Jan 17, 2017

The port of Antwerp handled over the past year 214 057 529 tons of goods. Which is 2.7 more than the previous year. Container volume up 4.1%: At 4.1% the growth in container volume is even more pronounced: after 12 months the figure stood at 117…

CMA CGM Strengthens Asia-East Coast South America Links

Jan 17, 2017

French container shipping major CMA CGM has upgraded its SEAS1 and SEAS2 services, now providing two departures per week between Asia and the East Coast of South America.  The group will thus provide two departures per week between Asia and the East Coast of South America…

Port of Kiel Posts Record Cargo and Passenger Handling

Jan 17, 2017

Kiel posted record cargo and passenger handling figures in 2016.  For the first time some 6.5 million tons were loaded or unloaded last year - an increase of 5.3 % over the previous year and the port’s best-ever result so far. Ferry services…

Stockholm Ports Container Throughput Rises

Jan 17, 2017

A new record has been set for the number of containers transported to the Container Terminal at Frihamnen. Almost 54,000 containers have been transported by sea directly to the strongest growing capital city region in Europe and Sweden's largest consumer market…

Milestone Maydon Wharf Upgrades

Jan 16, 2017

Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) six-berth reconstruction project at the Maydon Wharf Precinct in the Port of Durban has reached another milestone with Berth 13 and 14 now deeper and safer for bigger ships calling at the port.Transnet…

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