Container Ships News


U.S. DOJ: Guilty Plea in Oil Pollution Case

Feb 20, 2012

U.S. Shipping Company Convicted For Oil Pollution On High Seas. Horizon Lines, LLC was sentenced Tuesday in front of the Honorable Richard Seeborg after pleading guilty to felony charges concerning violations of international and national…

Horizon Lines to Meet in Charlotte in June

Feb 17, 2012

Horizon Lines Sets Date for Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) today announced that it has established a record date for its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders. The company's stockholders of record at the close of business on April 9…

CMA CGM Reshuffles Some Routes

Feb 17, 2012

CMA CGM announces the reshuffling of its Asia-West Med Services.  CMA CGM announces the reshuffling of its services on the Asia-West Mediterranean trade in partnership with Maersk Line (ML). As from early April 2012, the new CMA CGM Asia…

CMA CGM, IBM Sign Five Year Agreement

Feb 15, 2012

Partnership links world’s third largest shipping company with world leading technology services company. After five years of working together through a joint subsidiary, CMA CGM Group and IBM today announced a new strategic partnership. Under the terms of the five-year agreement…

Widdows to Lead Rickmers

Feb 15, 2012

Ron Widdows to take over from Jan B Steffens as CEO of Rickmers Holding and Rickmers-Linie.After ten very successful years with the Rickmers Group and especially, with Rickmers-Linie, Jan B Steffens will by 31 March 2012 step down from the…

Grounded Containership Refloated in Savannah

Feb 09, 2012

Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Savannah, Ga., investigates vessel grounding on Savannah River. The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of an 859-foot container ship on the Savannah River, Wednesday. Savannah Pilots reported the UASC Khor Fakkan…

Horizon Line Vessel Rescues Sailboat Crew

Feb 09, 2012

Horizon Lines Vessel Stages Predawn Rescue of Sailboat Passengers Adrift in Pacific Storm. Horizon Lines, Inc. the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, today announced that one of its vessels enroute to Hawaii from the U…

Sea Star Names New President

Feb 08, 2012

Veteran in Puerto Rico trade accepts top leadership role for Sea Star Line. Industry veteran, Peter Keller has been named president of Sea Star Line. Keller served Sea Star Line as a consultant and key advisor during the recent restructuring of the company…

Diana Shipping Takes Delivery of Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier

Feb 08, 2012

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX) took delivery of the newly-built m/v 'Los Angeles', a Newcastlemax dry bulk carrier of 206,104 dwt that was contracted in April 2010. As previously announced, the m/v 'Los Angeles' is chartered to EDF Trading Ltd…

TOTE, Inc.: The New look of American Shipping Group

Feb 08, 2012

On January 1, 2012 American Shipping Group underwent a dramatic transformation. The company, formerly known as ASG, became TOTE, Inc., and experienced a makeover in logo, look and structure.Seeing opportunity for market growth, TOTE, Inc.…

Containership Alliance Launches Asia-Europe Service

Feb 08, 2012

Members of the G6 Alliance announced today that their groundbreaking cooperation in Asia-Europe container shipping will begin operation in the first week of March – one month ahead of schedule.“We are eager to roll out our competitive products…

Evergreen Line Launches "ShipmentLink Mobile"

Feb 07, 2012

Evergreen Line Extends e-Commerce Application to Mobile Devices.  Evergreen Line has launched 'ShipmentLink Mobile', an application of its e-commerce system to handheld devices. The global ocean carrier is committed to providing customers…

Containership Rescues Shipwreck Survivors

Feb 06, 2012

MOL-operated Containership Rescues 116 Shipwreck Survivors off Papua New Guinea.  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea…

Containership Rescues 116 Shipwreck Survivors

Feb 03, 2012

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reports that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea.According to local reports, the Rabaul Queen with about 350…

Container Carriers Set Reliability Record

Feb 02, 2012

Container service reliability reached a new high in the final quarter of 2011 with an on-time average of 69% across all the trades covered by Drewry’s Schedule Reliability Insight report, just published. The latest result was up by 6 percentage points over the previous quarter…

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