100 percent container scanning? Not going to happen
The 9/11 Act requirement that 100 percent of all U.S.-bound cargo containers be scanned is probably never going to be met. Meantime, foreign ports are set to get a blanket two year
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Classification societies approve two designs for LNG fueled containerships
Development of large, LNG-fueled containerships moving ahead. Classification societies DNV and Bureau Veritas have each given approval in principle to designs for such vessels. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has gotten approval for a
Grounded containership breaks in two
Severe weather overnight has separated the MV Rena into two pieces, which are now about 20-30m apart on the Astrolabe Reef, Maritime New Zealand said in a statement issued 9.30 am local
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
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,