Container Ships News


Qatar to Boost Maritime Trade with Iran

Aug 26, 2018

Qatar is planning to increase maritime shipping lines between with Iran, reported Iran's official media quoting Hadi Haqshenas, deputy head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) for Maritime Affairs.According to Fars News Agency, Hadi…

In the wake of Hurricane Lane, Cargo Ops Resume in Hawaii

Aug 26, 2018

With the arrival of the container ship Horizon Pacific, Pasha Hawaii resumed operations at Pier 51, the first ship to arrive in Honolulu Harbor after Pasha Hawaii received an all clear to resume cargo operations from the U.S. Coast Guard and…

Port of Hamburg to Begin Elbe Deepening

Aug 24, 2018

The Port of Hamburg will soon be able to welcome 20,000+ TEU containerships as the plan to dredge the river Elbe has finally received the approval from German authorities.A third supplementary planning procedure requested by the Federal Administrative…

Four Cranes Raised to Soar 393ft at Port of Oakland

Aug 24, 2018

Four ship-to-shore cranes at Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT), the busiest terminal at the Port of Oakland, are 27 feet taller following completion this week of a year-long, crane-raising project.The fourth and final raised crane…

Maersk Sends First Containership through the Arctic

Aug 24, 2018

A Maersk vessel loaded with Russian fish and South Korean electronics will next week become the first containership to navigate an Arctic sea route that Russia hopes will become a new shipping highway.The Arctic voyage by the 3,600 20-foot container…

Eco-friendly Power for Container Ships in Hamburg Port

Aug 23, 2018

Port of Hamburg is taking a further step toward improving air quality at its port. Innovative technology developed right here in the city is set to enable large and very large container ships to switch off their auxiliary diesel supplies during…

MSC Orders Specialized Reefer Containers

Aug 23, 2018

Shipping company MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company will lease 2,000 containers chilled by Carrier Transicold's innovative, natural refrigerant-based NaturaLINE refrigeration system. The first of its kind, the NaturaLINE unit solves the problem…

Barge Shipments Set Record at Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon

Aug 23, 2018

Record-breaking demands for coal and agriculture products propelled the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon into historic territory with more barge shipments in the first six months of 2018 than any port in the history of Indiana's ports.Approximately 4…

Port of Hamburg Throughput Dips

Aug 23, 2018

The Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 66.5 million tons in the first half of 2018, representing a moderate downturn of 4.9 percent, with the downward trend slowing in the second quarter.General cargo throughput at 45.5 million tons (down 2…

Konecranes to Install Container Cranes in Lithuania

Aug 22, 2018

JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, has placed a large repeat order with Konecranes for ten Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and two Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes.The delivery of the RTG cranes will be completed in November 2019 and the STS cranes in December 2019…

Tokyo International Container Terminal Marks 20 Million TEUs Handled

Aug 22, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced that the MOL-operated Tokyo International Container Terminal (TICT) reached a major milestone on August 21—a cumulative total of 20 million TEUs handled.The terminal started operations in November 1971, and in December of that year…

Port of Gothenburg Container Volumes up by 19% H1 2018

Aug 22, 2018

During the first six months of this year, container volumes at the Port of Gothenburg rose by 19 per cent, from 318,000 to 378,000 TEUs.The number of cars and intra-European ro-ro units shipped increased by ten and four per cent respectively…

Ship Finance International Acquires Three Box Ships

Aug 22, 2018

Ship Finance International Limited said it has agreed to acquire three large containerships in combination with long term time charters.The vessels were built in 2015 with approximately 10,600 TEU carrying capacity. The company expects to take delivery of the vessels in the near term…

Mumbai Maersk Loads World Record 19,038 TEU

Aug 22, 2018

With 19,038 TEU loaded on board, the Mumbai Maersk has set a world record for the largest-ever containership cargo.The second-generation Triple-E containership left the dock of Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas Port over the past weekend and is now sailing into Europe…

Seattle/Tacoma Box Volumes Rise in July

Aug 20, 2018

The marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma recorded its best July import volumes since 2010 at 139,567 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an 18.3 percent increase compared to the same month a year ago.At 122…

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