Container Ships News


Hamburg Süd History is Museum Bound

Apr 23, 2019

Hamburg Süd and the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) have signed an agreement to catalog and display the historical collection of the shipping company, which was founded in 1871. Using images, ship models, documents and other artefacts from Hamburg Süd’s archive…

Port Manatee Shatters H1 Cargo Records

Apr 18, 2019

Port Manatee has enjoyed the busiest first fiscal half in its nearly 50-year history, shattering several key cargo records for the six-month period ended March 31.The Central-Southwest Florida Gulf Coast port has achieved new first-half highs…

DP World, SMS Launch Boxbay

Apr 18, 2019

Global ports operator DP World and industrial engineering firm SMS Group announced 'Boxbay', a new and 'smart' shipping container storage system that aims to change the way that containers are handled in ports.The patented design and rack structure…

ABS Teams with Industry on Boxship Safety

Apr 17, 2019

ABS and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) form a joint industry project to develop best practices for carriage of dangerous goods.   ABS and leaders representing the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS)…

Matson Receives New Cranes

Apr 17, 2019

Acquisition part of $60 million investment in Honolulu terminal improvements.Matson has received three new 65 long-ton capacity gantry cranes at its Honolulu hub terminal at Sand Island. The biggest ship-to-shore container cranes to be deployed at any commercial harbor in Hawaii…

Demand for Box Shipping of Soybeans to Asia Grows

Apr 16, 2019

Countries in Asia, led by Indonesia, are increasingly relying on shipping containers to transport their purchases of U.S. soybeans, according to an analysis of federal data released by the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA).The number of soybeans…

Oakland Adds Vietnam Shipping Service

Apr 15, 2019

The Port of Oakland will add new direct service to Vietnam by late April. Pacific International Lines (PIL) will launch direct Vietnam links using vessels that can carry up to 11,900 20-foot containers. PIL’s new service is called AC5 and is in partnership with Cosco and Wan Hai…

Port of Oakland Reports Surging Q1 TEU's

Apr 12, 2019

The Port of Oakland has reported a positive first quarter in its cargo volume. Through the end of March 2019, the Port handled 612,151 twenty foot-long containers compared to 587,356 during the same period in 2018. That represents a 4.2 percent increase…

ZIM Returns to NWSA North Harbor

Apr 07, 2019

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA ), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, has welcome the ZIM Ningbo to its North Harbor.Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) is expanding its presence at the NWSA by joining…

MSC Executive Director Maurizio Aponte Leaves

Apr 05, 2019

Maurizio Aponte, executive director for Europe of the group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)  is stepping down.He will be taking up new responsibilities within the MSC family, effective 1 May 2019, said a press note.  Maurizio is a relative of Gianluigi Aponte…

CMA CGM Boxship for French West Indies Christened

Apr 05, 2019

CMA CGM Group announced that the CMA CGM Fort de France, the first vessel belonging to its new fleet dedicated to the French West Indies, was christened on April 4th, 2019 in Martinique by Mrs. Annick Girardin, French Minister for Overseas Territories…

COSCO Calls on Port of Liverpool

Apr 03, 2019

China's COSCO Shipping has confirmed it will call at the port of Liverpool after a successful trial last October to offer its clients more efficient services between Britain and Canada.'The world’s top five shipping lines are all now calling…

CMA CGM Bundles Multimodal Transport

Apr 03, 2019

The CMA CGM Group announced that its intra-European multimodal transport subsidiaries Containerships and MacAndrews have united under the single Containerships brand.Together, Containerships and MacAndrews operate a fleet of 32 vessels and 700 trucks…

Containershipping: Restoring Balance

Mar 27, 2019

The repositioning of empty containers costs the liner industry an estimated $15-20billion every year according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG), as containers sit idle at a depot or are repositioned to a different loading point while empty. This is time spent not earning revenue…

Thrilling Insights into Cargo Handing in the Port of Hamburg

Mar 26, 2019

On May 10, Port of Hamburg Marketing will be offering those who have always wondered how cargo handling in the Port of Hamburg functions very special company visits to mark Hamburg Port Anniversary. Compiled with help from numerous operators…

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