NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) reported today that its subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., has signed a contract with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Inc. (APSI) to build two new 3,600
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — The Icelandic Coast Guard says that all fire aboard the 1982-built, 1,473 dwt, RO/RO containership Fernanda has now been extinguished. The news marks the end of a saga
OCTOBER 10, 2013 — Bureau Veritas is to class three Ultra-Large Containerships (ULCSs) to be built for China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and chartered to French operator CMA CGM. The ships are
OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corp. (OT&BE), of Milford, MA, reports that it has been selected to design a new high speed, LNG-fueled AT/B container carrier for Minyan
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013—Senesco Marine, LLC, a holding of the Reinauer Transportation Company of New Jersey, recently announced the initiation of a contract with Covanta 4Recovery, L.P., a subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corporation,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Many observers feel that misdeclared container weights likely played a role in the recent breaking in two of the five-year old containership MOL Comfort. Now the shipping industry
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, today announced that it has won a $1.4 billion order to build five 18,000 TEU class and five 14,000 TEU
JULY 23, 2013 — The respected RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index decreased notably from a corrected 116.3 to 115.3 in June. The index is continuing to move up and down, as in previous
JUNE 19, 2013—Faced with declining volume growth and overcapacity in the market, some of the biggest container line operators in the world have agreed in principle to create a long-term alliance on
JUNE 14, 2013 — Maersk Line’s newest containership, the first of the Triple-E series, was named this morning in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo,
