Container Ships News


Reederei NSB Widens Panamax-class Container Vessels

Jan 01, 2016

In an unprecedented endeavour, the ship manager Reederei NSB is widening its Panamax-class container vessels. DNV GL, the class in charge, is on board, says a report in DNV GL, Maritime Impact. Too young for scrapping, too old to compete…

Reefers Segment to Witness Highest Growth by 2021

Jan 01, 2016

Shipping containers are defined as containers that facilitate the transport and carriage of goods without the need to unload and/or reload the cargo at intermediate points.  These containers are large rectangular boxes made of a special…

APM Terminals Pipavav Reaches Out to the Physically Challenged

Dec 28, 2015

APM Terminals Pipavav one of Western India’s gateway ports, in association with Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), Ahmedabad; SBI Mutual Fund and Shri Somnath Trust successfully organized a camp for the physically challenged individuals of Amreli of Rajula…

MOL Hosts Charity Event to Support WFP

Dec 28, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. last weekend announced having held a charity event in the company's Head Office cafeteria to help the World Food Programme (WFP)'s school feeding programme.The WFP, which is part of the United Nations system and…

NYK’s SIMS Receives Japan's Environmental Award

Dec 24, 2015

NYK’s Ship Information Management System (SIMS), jointly developed by NYK and the Monohakobi Technology Institute has been recognized with Japan’s 2015 Minister of the Environment Award in the Technical Development and Commercialization category…

APM Terminals Gothenburg Welcomes World’s Largest Container Ship

Dec 23, 2015

The MSC Maya, the fourth of 20 Oscar-Class Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS), arrived at APM Terminals Gothenburg on December 21 from the Port of Bremerhaven as part of the regular port rotation of the Maersk Line/Mediterranean Shipping Company…

Double Record set by Antwerp Port

Dec 18, 2015

The port of Antwerp is on course to handle more than 200 million tonnes of freight this year for the first time ever. And in container transhipment too a new record has been set, with more than 9 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units…

First Mega Containership Coming to America

Dec 18, 2015

The largest container ship to visit the U.S. West Coast is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles on December 26. The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, which was launched on December 10 is scheduled to make her maiden call at APM Terminals-Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles…

Shippers’ Confidence Dips Slightly -Moore Stephens

Dec 17, 2015

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell in the three months to November 2015, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.  The average confidence level…

Drewry: Container Reliability Stable in November

Dec 16, 2015

Containership reliability was broadly unchanged in November as the average on-time performance across all trades slipped by just 0.8 percentage points against October to 77.2%, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors…

UASC Loads a Record 18,601 TEUs on Board M.V. Al Muraykh

Dec 16, 2015

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) announced a record breaking load of 18,601 TEUs on board M.V. Al Muraykh, one of the world’s three greenest vessels currently operated by UASC. The ultra-large container vessel departed Port Klang in…

ABP Port of Southampton Welcomes its Latest Record-Breaker

Dec 16, 2015

The biggest container ship in the world, the MSC Maya, made its maiden call at Southampton on Tuesday 15 December.  The 395.4m vessel, which can carry a world-leading 19,224 containers, is just the latest giant container vessel to call at the port in recent weeks…

DP World, Prince Rupert Port Ink Feasibility Study Deal

Dec 15, 2015

DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced an agreement to study further expansion of the Fairview Container Terminal in Prince Rupert.  The agreement was signed by DP World Canada Group General Manager, Maksim Mihic, and Prince Rupert Port Authority President & CEO…

Largest Cargo Ship Ever to Call at a US Port

Dec 14, 2015

18,000-TEU container ship CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin will make its first U.S. call at the Port of Los Angeles in late December The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, an 18,000-TEU vessel named in honor of one of the United States’ founding fathers…

China Shipping Merger Erases $900 mln in Market Value

Dec 14, 2015

Shares of Cosco Group and China Shipping have taken a hammering on the stock markets  as two major companies lost about $900 million in total market value after the government proposed combining its two key ocean liner groups, reports Bloomberg…

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