Container Ships News


Boom in Container Shipping: VesselsValue

Oct 29, 2019

The Containership market has been showing some significant gains across both earnings and values, particularly in the Post Panamax and New Panamax segments, says VesselsValue.The US China trade war has had a negative impact on vessel demand…

PTS to Manage Lake House Boxship Pair

Oct 27, 2019

Lake House, a Hong Kong and London based investment company, has appointed PT-Shipmanagement (PTS), a Hamburg based company, to manage two container ships.The two ships have a capacity of 1,300 TEU each and sail with an average crew of 15. The…

OOCL Posts Higher Container Volumes

Oct 27, 2019

Hong Kong-based carrier Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) said both container volumes and revenue were higher in the third quarter this year than in 2018.The COSCO-owned company said that the total volumes for the third quarter of 2019 (ended 30th September 2019) were 4…

A.P. Moller-Maersk Center of Excellence in Tamil Nadu

Oct 25, 2019

Maersk, a global integrator of container logistics, has laid the foundation stone of its planned ‘A.P. Moller – Maersk Center of Excellence’ facility at Thenpattinam (Tamil Nadu), to support skill development and training needs for Maersk cadets across job functions (deck…

JAXPORT Sets Cargo Records

Oct 25, 2019

Florida’s largest container port achieved record volumes in containers, vehicles and overall tonnage during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) moved more than 1.338 million twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs…

Duisburg to Open New Trimodal Terminal

Oct 25, 2019

The largest trimodal  container terminal in the European hinterland is being developed in the Port of Duisburg.Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is set to build a US$111.2mln  new 220,000 m² trimodal container terminal on the site of its current…

Optimarin Inks 30 BWTS Deal with Asiatic Lloyd

Oct 24, 2019

Optimarin, the ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist, has reported a year-on-year increase in sales of more than 100% for Q3, with order intake at an all-time high. The growth, consolidating the trend seen in Q2, comes on the back of a number…

Costamare Charters 14 Vessels in Q3

Oct 23, 2019

Costamare, owners and providers of containerships for charter, said that it has chartered in total 14 vessels over the quarter ended September 30, 2019.According to Gregory Zikos, Chief Financial Officer of the Marshall Islands corporation,…

Maersk Lifts 2019 Profit Forecast; Shares Rise

Oct 21, 2019

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk adjusted its expectations for its 2019 profit upwards on Monday following lower fuel prices and capacity management in the third quarter.Maersk said it expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the range of $5…

“K” LINE, MOL, & NYK Share Data with IoS-OP

Oct 18, 2019

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Ltd. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have begun sharing of operational data acquired from the monitoring system installed in their container ships with their charter, Ocean Network Express Pte…

Boxship Fires: Time for Action, says IUMI

Oct 18, 2019

This year has already seen an alarming number of container ship fires including Yantian Express, APL Vancouver, Grande America, E.R. Kobe and KMTC Hong Kong.The escalation is of growing concern to IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance)…

MSC Rejects Northern Sea Route

Oct 17, 2019

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second-biggest container shipping line, has decided not to use the Arctic as a new short cut between northern Europe and Asia and will instead focus on improving environmental performance on existing global trade routes…

Antwerp Port Freight Volume Up

Oct 16, 2019

The total freight volume handled by Port of Antwerp rose from January through September 2019 by 1.1% compared with the same period last year. The container volume (in TEU) was up by as much as 6.4%.However the slowdown in the world economy reduced…

Oakland Port Container Volume Up 3.1% YTD

Oct 16, 2019

The Port of Oakland is a major container ship facility located in Oakland, California, in the San Francisco Bay, said that its loaded container volume from January through September increased 3.1 percent compared to the same period in 2018…

BIMCO’s Sand to Offer Boxship Insight in Athens

Oct 16, 2019

BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst, Peter Sand, will be speaking and providing the audience with unique insights on the container market at the European Shipping Seminar on November 27, 2019 in Athens, Greece.The European Shipping Seminar, hosted by S&P Global Platts…

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