Container Ships News


Hamburg Süd to Acquire CCNI Liner Service

Jul 25, 2014

Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica S.A. (CCNI) with headquarters in Valparaiso, Chile, and Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG (HSDG) with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, announce that they have signed a preliminary…

MES Gets First Order for ME-GI Marine Engine

Jul 24, 2014

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has received the first order of electronically controlled gas injection diesel engine (ME-GI) for MES.MAN B&W 8S70ME-C8.2-GI will be installed on two 2,400 TEU + 400 vehicles ConRo ships to be built by U…

New ICTF Boosts Crowley’s Efficiency

Jul 22, 2014

The opening of Florida East Coast Railway’s (FEC) new, state-of-the-art intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF) adjacent to Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Port Everglades, Fla., terminal is providing Crowley customers with more efficient…

Container Shippers Join Forces for Safety

Jul 22, 2014

The Container Ship Safety Forum (CSSF) has been launched as a global business-to-business network that aims to improve safety performance and management practices in the container shipping industry. Founding members CMA CGM Group, Costamare Shipping Company S…

Hamburg Süd Launches Free App

Jul 21, 2014

Hamburg Süd has just released a free app for smartphones and tablets that is available for its customers to download. The Hamburg Süd app allows customers to access information about Track & Trace, timetables, offices and news wherever they may be…

Maersk Demonstrates BELCO Scrubber Technology

Jul 18, 2014

Belco Technologies Corporation (BELCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has partnered with the Maersk Group to successfully demonstrate BELCO Marine Scrubber technology aboard the Maersk Tukang, a containership with max TEU Capacity of 8…

TOTE’s Marlin Class Ships Enter Next Build Phase

Jul 15, 2014

Engine and LNG Tanks Delivered to NASSCOThe arrival of the world’s first dual-fuel slow-speed engine to General Dynamics’ NASSCO Shipyard marks the next phase of construction for TOTE’s Marlin Class vessels, projected by TOTE to be the world’s safest and cleanest containerships…

Doctorate for Jacques Saadé, Founder, Chairman & CEO of CMA CGM

Jul 09, 2014

The Lebanese American University has awarded an honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters to Jacques R. Saadé, in recognition of his achievements as a great business leader.The conferment of the Honor took place during the commencement…

Port of Savannah to Deliver Fresher Fruit

Jul 08, 2014

Pilot program will mean better shelf life for citrus, grapes, blueberries.South American citrus, grapes and blueberries will arrive sooner and last longer for consumers in the Southeastern U.S. thanks to the Georgia Ports Authority’s participation in a USDA pilot program…

Container Shippers Battle Falling Rates

Jul 02, 2014

As freight rates keep declining, cost reductions are the top priority for box carriers.Drewry’s 2Q14 Container Forecaster highlights that there is a widening gap between the positive financials of the few carriers really focused on cutting costs and the rest of the top 20 lines…

Precisely Why China Pulled the Plug on P3

Jul 02, 2014

The proposed container ship P3 alliance between the 255-ship fleets of Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM was turned down by China's Anti-monopoly Bureau at the Ministry of Commerce, because the P3 alliance intended to set…

Habben Jansen Takes over as Hapag-Lloyd CEO

Jul 01, 2014

Hapag-Lloyd announced changes in its Executive Board resulting from departure of Michael Behrendt and Ulrich Kranich; Anthony J. Firmin to become new Executive Board memberRolf Habben Jansen, who has been a member of the Hapag-Lloyd AG's Executive Board since April 1…

Fischbacher Named Director of SSI

Jul 01, 2014

Industry veteran and former Rio Tinto SSI trustee representative Alastair Fischbacher to take the helm at the Sustainable Shipping Initiative.The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of companies from across the global shipping…

DELO Invests to Boost Shipping Business

Jun 30, 2014

Over the past three years, DELO Group, a Russian private transport company, has implemented an investment program, including rail and other adjacent port infrastructure, construction of stevedoring and inland storage terminals for oil products…

EU Extends Liner Shipping Consortia Exemption

Jun 27, 2014

European  Commission extends validity of special competition regime for liner shipping consortia until April 2020The European Commission has extended by another five years until April 2020 the validity of the existing legal framework exempting…

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