JUNE 28, 2016 —The Federal Maritime Commission voted unanimously to allow the Port Operations and Safety Discussion Agreement (FMC Agreement No. 201233) to go into effect. The FMC says the new discussion
MAY 24, 2016 — IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is to issue a circular on the SOLAS requirements on containers verified gross mass (VGM) that comes into effect July 1. The circular
MAY 3, 2016 — Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is reporting that a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning, May 3, at the Suez Canal Container Terminal, Egypt, following
APRIL 20, 2016 — CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a new alliance enabling each of them to
APRIL 20, 2016 – JonRie Intertech, Manahawkin, NJ, has introduced a new Container Master series of winches. Featured on Crescent Towing’s new 92 ft ASD tug Mardi Gras, the winch was designed
APRIL 5, 2016 – Danish naval architect company Knud E. Hansen has been developing a number of pioneering container feeder vessel designs. Each presents a series of innovations as part of a
MARCH 30, 2016 — Container shipping giant MSC is partnering with ocean shipping electronic marketplace INTTRA to introduce a customer-friendly solution to new container weight safety regulations. Under the agreement, MSC
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — An alternative shoreside power solution for containerships developed by Hamburg based Becker Marine Systems is to receive funding support from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
FEBRUARY 10, 2016 — Shippers may not like it but, under an amendment to the SOLAS convention, but from July 1, 2016 packed containers intended to be carried on international sea voyages
FEBRUARY 8, 2016 — The Coast Guard reports that Port State Control officers from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound discovered significant safety violations during an inspection of the 685-foot Liberian-flagged container ship
