Containerships News


Boxship Operators Opt for Navis Loading Computers

Jul 03, 2019

Twenty newly built container vessels in the size ranging from feeder segment 2,300 TEU to 15,100 TEU have been selected to be equipped with MACS3.Oakland, CA and Flensburg, Germany—July 2nd, 2019—Navis, the leading provider of maritime software…

Tianjin Container Terminal Merger Announced

Jul 02, 2019

The board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company announced that on 30 June 2019, COSCO Ports (Tianjin) Limited (“CP Tianjin”)and China Shipping Terminal Development Co., Ltd. (“CSTD”), both being wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company,…

Valmet Scubbers for 10 COSCO Boxships

Jul 01, 2019

Valmet will supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubber system) for ten container vessels of COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd. The scrubber systems will be installed in existing vessels in China in 2019.The project is executed in co-operation with Health Lead Development Ltd…

Box Ship Rescues 6 in the Gulf of Aden

Jun 25, 2019

On June 20, 2019, Ocean Network Express (ONE) operated vessel, NYK EAGLE, was involved in a combined rescue operation involving Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers…

China, U.S. Trade Officials Talk Shead of Trump-Xi Meeting

Jun 25, 2019

Senior Chinese and U.S. trade officials spoke by telephone on Monday ahead of talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump set for later this week, as the world's two largest economies remain locked in a tariff war…

Port of Oakland: More Cargo on Bigger Ships

Jun 20, 2019

Bigger ships are challenging the Port of Oakland with never-seen-before container volumes.  The Port said today that vessels on average load and unload the equivalent of 1,767 20-foot boxes each time they visit here.  It’s the highest container move count in Port history…

Containerships Introduces Second LNG-Powered Ship

Jun 20, 2019

Containerships, an expert in Intra-Europe and a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, a leader in shipping and logistics, has announced it took delivery of its second container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Containerships Polar…

Matson Christens First Kanaloa Class Vessel 'Lurline'

Jun 18, 2019

Matson, Inc. and christened the largest combination ConRo ship ever built in the U.S. -- Lurline -- in a ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Saturday, June 15.  Lurline an iconic name in Matson's long history…

Maersk Explores Arctic Shipping Route with Russia

Jun 14, 2019

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Friday it is in talks with Russia's state-owned icebreaker operator to send more goods via the Arctic, which is becoming more accessible as climate change reduces the sea ice.Russia has made developing…

APL Unveils New Japan Malaysia Vietnam Service

Jun 06, 2019

APL, part of the CMA CGM Group, has announced the launch of the Japan Malaysia Vietnam (JMV) service that will provide weekly connectivity between North Asia and Southeast Asia.The JMV service will offer one of the most comprehensive North Asian…

Maersk India Trade Report Q1 2019

Jun 06, 2019

India’s containerized exports with the world witnessed a stable growth of 6% in the first quarter of 2019 propelled by robust performances in refrigerated cargo, engineering and pharmaceuticals sectors, while imports declined slightly in the same quarter registering a market growth of -2…

CONTAINER PORTS: Boxed in or Busting Out?

Jun 03, 2019

Benchmarking the Nation’s top container ports in 2018 and looking ahead to what comes next.The nation’s major ports finished 2018 and began 2019 setting monthly and yearly container volume records, but agitated trade activity in the White House…

CMA CGM Upbeat Despite China-U.S. spat

May 29, 2019

Shipping giant CMA CGM expects to see further growth in its volumes this year as increasing activity from southeast Asia towards the United States helps make up for slowing China-U.S. flows that were a drag on its first quarter.French-based CMA CGM…

More Shippers Join Maersk's Blockchain Solution

May 28, 2019

Two of the world's biggest shipping groups will join a Maersk led blockchain platform aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping.With Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and CMA CGM, the second- and fourth-largest container shipping companies…

Hamburg Süd Christens Polar Ecuador

May 20, 2019

Hamburg Süd christened the Polar Ecuador containership in Antwerp.The new vessel belongs to a group of four structurally identical vessels in the Polar class that have been built for Hamburg Süd by the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding…

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