APRIL 19, 2013—Following up on the full scale demonstration of the ME-GI on April 17, Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. hosted a group that included ship owners, operators, and naval
APRIL 17, 2013—More than 100 prominent guests, including ship owners and operators from around the world, were on hand at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Tamano, Japan, for the full scale
APRIL 12, 2013 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has installed two EFD Induction “Terac 25” deck straightening systems at its main shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The Terac systems are currently being used
APRIL 10, 2013 — The International Longshoremen’s Association reports that its members at ports on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coats have “overwhelming approved” a new six-year master contract negotiated with United
APRIL 10, 2013 — While the threat posed by Somali piracy may have moderated, pirate activity in the Gulf of Guinea remains a growing problem. In a recent loss prevention bulletin, the
APRIL 3, 2013 — After having reached levels of slightly less than 40 million TEU annually in 2008, 2011 and 2012, box-handling in the North Sea ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen and
MARCH 25, 2013—Singapore’s NOL Group is spending $4 billion to renew its fleet with some of the most-efficient, environmentally friendly containerships in the market. It recently took delivery of the APL Temasek,
MARCH 25, 2013 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. are setting up a joint venture company — MI LNG Company, Limited — to handle the design
MARCH 22, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Justice says that Columbia Shipmanagement (Deutschland) GmbH (CSM-D), a German corporation, and Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd. (CSM-CY), a Cypriot company, have agreed to pay a
MARCH 21, 2013 — The GAO has issued a report that should rekindle the debate over the benefits, or otherwise, of the Jones Act. Entitled “Puerto Rico: Characteristics of the Island’s Maritime
