Containership size record set to be broken again
Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the 15-year long-term charter of six new Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS). Each with with a capacity greater
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Are box ships getting too big to berth safely at some terminals?
An investigation report [M19P0020] just released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada raises important questions about the extent to which the increasing size of containerships poses a threat to safe berthing.
World’s largest LNG fueled box ship makes first Singapore call
Singapore today welcomed the maiden arrival in the port of the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé. With a total capacity of 23,000 TEU, the 400-meter long by 61-meter wide by 78-meter high, the
CMA CGM takes delivery of world’s largest LNG-fueled containership
The CMA CGM group today took delivery of the first in a series of nine LNG-fueled 23,000 TEU containerships. In a first-of-its-kind digital naming ceremony linking the CSSC Shanghai shipyard in China
Another crew member pleads guilty in MSC Gayane coke bust case
United States Attorney William M. McSwain today announced that Aleksandar Kavaja, 27, a national of Montenegro, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to charges of conspiracy to
Video: Port of LA sets new world record for most cargo moves in a single ship call
History was made last week when the Port of Los Angeles, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, APM Terminals Los Angeles and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 13, 63 and 94 successfully
VIDEO: USCG medevacs crew member from Maersk box ship
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center received a report on Thursday evening that an explosion had occurred in the engineroom of the cargo ship Laura Maersk, 275 miles off
Hamburg gets set to receive world’s biggest box ship
The world’s largest containership, the 24,000 TEU HMM Algeciras, is now on its maiden voyage and will call at the Port of Hamburg for the first time on Sunday, June 7. The
APL England Master charged in Queensland court
The Master of the APL England, the containership that spilled about 50 boxes into the sea off Australia on May 24, appeared before a Queensland magistrates court today to face two charges
MAN’s most powerful engine yet powers giant containership
HMM’s new series of twelve 23,964 TEU ultra large containerships will each be powered by an MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5 low-speed main engine. As we reported earlier, the first of these ships, the