Grounded containership in danger of breaking up
The Costamare-owned 3,032 TEU containership Rena, which grounded on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on October 5, 2011, now appears to be in danger of breaking up. Maritime New Zealand is “racing to
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GL and IHI Marine United to develop concept for LNG-fueled containership
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Japanese shipbuilder IHI Marine United Inc. (IHIMU) have signed an agreement for a joint development project to complete a concept study for a 13,000 TEU container
Container giants cosy up
The world’s second and third-largest container shipping companies have announced the signature of a major agreement. The two family-owned companies, the Swiss-Italian MSC and France’s CMA CGM, today agreed to form a
Carrier unveils breakthrough in container refrigeration
Carrier Transicold has debuted the world’s first container refrigeration system to use the natural refrigerant CO2, exactly one year after the company announced it had developed and begun testing the technology. The
Orders for bigger containerships are in response to rising bunker costs
Despite weak freight rates and a poor time charter environment, containership operators are ordering ever larger vessels. Though this may seem counter-intuitive, shipbroker Braemar Seascope says it reinforces a trend that is
GL grants approval in principle to DSME LNG fueled containership
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) have proved the feasibility of running large container vessels on LNG, with GL recently finishing approval in principle of a 14,000 TEU
Officers charged following New Zealand containership grounding
Two officers of the Costamare-owned 3,032 containership Rena face charges laid by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ). The 236 m ship struck the Astrolabe Reef, near Tauranga Harbor, around 2.20 am, October 5,
Containership operator to pay $800,000 criminal penalty
Uniteam Marine Shipping GmbH, a German corporation, was sentenced in federal court in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and making false statements to
GL SeaScout installed on 14,000 TEU containership
GL Maritime Software’s navigational decision-making support system GL SeaScout 2.0 has been installed on board Reederei Claus-Peter Offen’s 14,000 TEU containership MSC Savona. It will help the vessel to optimize routing; minimizing
Wärtsilä RT-flex engines to power “Bangkok-max” containerships
Wärtsilä is to supply the main engines for the first series of eight “Bangkok-max” containerships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in Chinal. The ships will serve as feeder vessels in