Container Ships News


MSC Monica Refloated

Jan 26, 2016

Panama-flagged container ship MSC Monica, which ran aground on the St. Lawrence River near Saint-Laurent, Quebec city, Canada on January 22, was refloated, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB). The 43,618 dwt container vessel was sailing from Montreal to St…

Armstrong Named VP MOL (America)

Jan 25, 2016

MOL (America) Inc. welcomed Ronnie Armstrong to the position of vice president, area operations. He leads MOL (America) Inc.’s vessel and equipment management, intermodal services, contract management, and cost control and planning groups for…

BIMCO: Container Shipping Faces Low Supply Growth

Jan 25, 2016

While the containershipping market continues to welcome a fleet of modern, mammoth efficient ships to the fold, it will struggle in 2016 with low supply growth that will test its mettle, according to a recent analysis from BIMCO.Overall, container…

MSC Monica Aground on St. Lawrence River

Jan 24, 2016

MSC Monica, Mediterranean Shipping Company container vessel, ran aground on the St. Lawrence River near Saint-Laurent, between Bécancour and Levis. The box ship left Montreal and headed down the river, but suffered steering gear failure…

Port of Indiana Handles Record Volume

Jan 24, 2016

The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon set a new annual shipping record in 2015 by handling over 6.6 million tons for the first time in its 40-year history. This was a 36-percent increase over 2014 and 30 percent higher than the previous record set in 1994…

Container Volumes to Improve 2016: Maersk

Jan 22, 2016

Nils Smedegaard Andersen chief executive officer of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said the Container volumes have picked up this year after the market suffered from sluggish growth and overcapacity in 2015, reports Bloomberg. He said 2016 beginning…

Evergreen Group Chairman Dies at 88

Jan 20, 2016

Evergreen Group founder and Group Chairman Dr. Yung-Fa Chang passed away at the age of 88 in Taipei on January 20, 2016.Dr. Chang was born in 1927. He founded Evergreen Marine Corporation in 1968 with just one secondhand general cargo vessel…

Ports America Refocuses, Oakland Lease Goes

Jan 20, 2016

Ports America, the largest stevedore and terminal operating company in the United States, is refocusing its business strategies on the West Coast through additional investments and expansion of services into new terminals. Areas of concentration include Los Angeles…

NileDutch Launches US East Coast to West Africa Service

Jan 19, 2016

NileDutch, the container carrier specializing in West Africa, is setto introduce a new service to link the East Coast of the U.S. with West Africa and Europe. The rotation will start in New York and the service will run every nine days. The first vessel…

WWL, Baltimore Port Ink 30-Year Deal

Jan 19, 2016

Administration to serve the Port of Baltimore for another 30 years to 2045. The contract is expected to generate 2,500 jobs over the next three decades.Baltimore is the leading auto and RoRo port in North America, and WWL ranks as its top RoRo customer…

ClassNK: New Software System for Container Carriers

Jan 18, 2016

(PRESS RELEASE) ClassNK released its new structural design support system PrimeShip-HULL for Container Carriers to correspond with its latest rule amendments. To promote container carrier safety, ClassNK released amendments to its Rules and…

MOL Launches Additional Indian Run

Jan 18, 2016

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced launch of the new China/West Coast India service (CIS).This new service is in addition to MOL’s existing Nhava Sheva Karachi Express (NKX) service which together will enhance coverage between ports in India and China…

Port Dues Concession for Box Ships at Singapore

Jan 16, 2016

In light of the current shipping downturn and to demonstrate the government’s commitment to maintain Singapore as a global hub port, MPA will grant an additional 10% concession on port dues payable by ocean going container vessels carrying out cargo works with port stay of not more than 5 days…

DP World Tops Middle Eastern Index

Jan 15, 2016

For the third year running, DP World is the top stock in the S&P/Hawkamah Pan Arab ESG Index.The index is the first ever of its kind in the Arab world and ranks the transparency and disclosure of regional listed companies based on Environmental…

Hapag-Lloyd: Better Service between Med, Black Sea

Jan 14, 2016

From mid-February, Hapag-Lloyd will introduce a new Black Sea Mediterranean Express (BMX) service. The new short sea service offers customers a weekly connection between ports in Egypt, Israel, Turkey and major Black Sea ports with competitive transit times…

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