Piston free LNG container vessel project advances
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016—It was announced at SMM 2016 in Hamburg, Germany, that project partners GTT, CMA CGM (and its subsidiary CMA Ships) and DNV GL have joined with new project participants ABB,
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Big increase in container volume handled by INTTRA
AUGUST 10, 2016 — Ocean shipping electronic marketplace INTTRA reports that it handled a 17 percent increase in container volume for the first half of 2016 over the same period in 2015.
USCG issues Safety Alert on container handling
JULY 29, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Safety Alert (08-16) reminding Coast Guard Container Inspectors and others involved in the inspection or handling of intermodal containers that there
More panamax containerships head for demolition
JULY 1, 2016 — Does the opening of the Panama Canal to larger neopanamax vessels sound the death knell for the panamax containership? Copenhagen headquartered BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association,
FMC approves six-port container weight agreement
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
IMO’s MSC issues circular on container VGM headaches
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
Fire breaks out at Suez Canal container terminal
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
Four container giants agree new alliance
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
JonRie introduces new Container Master winch series
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
Knud E. Hansen rethinks the container feeder vessel
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