Weather slows Höegh Osaka salvage efforts
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Weather continues to hamper the salvage of the car carrier Höegh Osaka. The vessel remains held in position near Southampton at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage, between East
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No refloat yet for grounded car carrier
JANUARY 7, 2015 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a statement this morning confirming that grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka will not be refloated off the Bramble Bank in
Car carrier was deliberately grounded
JANUARY 5, 2015 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has started an investigation into the grounding of the car carrier Höegh Osaka on the Bramble Bank in the Solent on the
Dropped mooring line brings pollution fine
JULY 23, 2014 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted U.K. based company, Lombard Corporate Finance Limited, the owners of U.K .flagged car carrier, Morning Midas, following a pollution incident
K-Line newbuild to be “Drive Green” flag ship
FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line) is to integrate a package of advanced environmental protection and energy savings systems into a 7,500-unit car carrier on order at
Wallenius exercises options for giant car carrier duo
JANUARY 31, 2013 — The quest for fuel economy means that while cars may be getting smaller, but car carriers are getting larger. In line with this trend, Stockholm, Sweden, headquartered Wallenius
“K” Line orders widest car carriers ever built
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is to build four next generation car carriers that will be the widest ever built, with a beam of 37-38 m. Japanese
Paint samples show NOCC Oceanic did hit fishing vessel
JUNE 27, 2013 — Paint samples taken by the Japan Coast Guard confirm that the car carrier NOCC Oceanic did collide with the fishing vessel Yujin Maru no. 7 on Sunday, June
Wallenius Lines orders post Panamax car carrier duo
JUNE 26, 2013 — Cars may be getting smaller, but car carriers are not. Wallenius Lines and Tianjin Xingang Shipyard in China have finalized and signed a contract to build two post
MOL hit with class action suit
JUNE 19, 2013 — The drifting separated sections of the containership MOL Comfort are not the only problem facing Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) President Koichi Muto. Allegations of price fixing in