Container Ships News


LNG Solutions for Large Container Vessels

Dec 13, 2011

LNG Solutions for Large Container Vessels the Focus of GL and IHIMU Joint Development Project. LNG as ship fuel is already a proven alternative for short sea shipping, but what about the primary engine of global trade - the boxship? To investigate…

Index-Linked Container Contracts Take-Off

Dec 12, 2011

Half of all index-linked contracts filed with the US Federal Maritime Commission reference Drewry’s Container Freight Rate Insight pricing benchmarks. Drewry Maritime Research’s container freight rate benchmarks are the index of choice in index-linked container contracts…

First Electronic Container Freight Swap Settled in USD

Dec 12, 2011

Saxo Bank and ICAP Shipping Involved in World's First Electronic Container Freight Swap Settled in USD. Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, and ICAP Shipping, the shipping arm of ICAP plc, announced on Thursday that they were…

Horizon Stockholders Approve Reverse Stock Split

Dec 12, 2011

Horizon Lines Stockholders Approve 1-for-25 Reverse Stock Split at Special Stockholder Meeting.  Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) announced that stockholders at the company's special stockholders meeting on December 2, 2011, voted to approve…

USMMA Cadets Win Crowley Awards

Dec 08, 2011

Crowley Awards Three United States Merchant Marine Academy Cadets with Scholarships at the Connie Awards Luncheon.  Continuing in its tradition of supporting academic excellence, Crowley Maritime Corporation awarded Thomas B. Crowley Sr…

Johns Receives 2011 Connie Award From CII

Dec 07, 2011

Connie Luncheon Held at The Newark Club, December 5; Stanley Sher Given Lifetime Achievement Recognition. Connie Award recipient is R. Kenneth Johns, former president of Sea-Land Service Inc.   Lifetime Achievement Award recipient…

Hamburg to India Liner Service Upgraded

Dec 05, 2011

Within the EU the Port of Hamburg is one of India’s most important commercial partners in seaborne foreign trade. In November the Hamburg Joint Representative Office in Mumbai was officially opened. This is designed to strengthen economic, but…

CMA CGM Holds Firm in Difficult Environment

Dec 02, 2011

Volumes carried rose by 10% year-on-year to 2,604 million teus in the third quarter of 2011, confirming that CMA CGM is benefiting from the size and modern technology of its ships. Over the first nine months of the year, volumes carried were up by 9…

U.S. DOJ: Guilty Plea in Price Fixing Case

Nov 21, 2011

Florida-Based Sea Star Line LLC Agrees to Plead Guilty and Its Former President Is Indicted for Price Fixing on Coastal Freight Services Between the Continental United States and Puerto Rico Sea Star Line Also Agrees to Pay $14.2 Million Criminal Fine…

Diana Shipping: Time Charter for M/V Nirefs

Nov 17, 2011

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX) announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., for one of its Panamax dry bulk carriers, the m/v Nirefs, at a gross rate of $12,250 per day, minus a 5% commission…

Horizon Lines Expands Board of Directors

Nov 14, 2011

Board to expand to eleven from eight; seven New Board Members Join Four Existing Directors; Four Directors Retire.   Horizon Lines, a domestic ocean shipping company, today announced that it will expand its Board of Directors to 11 members from eight…

Containership Cutbacks on Asia to Mexico/South America Route

Nov 14, 2011

Hamburg Süd and CCNI on the one hand and China Shipping, Hanjin and Hyundai on the other have reached agreement on optimizing their service offering during the forthcoming slack season between Asia and Mexico/South America West Coast with effect from mid-November 2011…

Drewry: Container Schedule Reliability Improvement

Nov 10, 2011

Container service reliability improved for the second quarter in a row during the third quarter of 2011, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s latest Schedule Reliability Insight report. The report is the longest established independent survey…

Euroseas Announces 3Q, 9 Month Results

Nov 10, 2011

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today its results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30…

MAN & Maersk: Innovative Diesel Engine Partnership

Nov 09, 2011

MAN Diesel & Turbo announced the first order for its second generation EGR system, to be applied aboard a Maersk Line container vessel – the 4,500-teu new building #2358. The system will be fully integrated with the vessel’s main engine, a two…

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