Matson, Philly Shipyard mark milestone in box ship program
MAY 4, 2017 — Philly Shipyard, Inc, and Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), today marked a milestone in the construction of the first of two new 850-ft long, 3,600 TEU, “Aloha Class” containerships
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Maersk Line to pay $4 billion to acquire Hamburg Sud
APRIL 28, 2017 — A.P. Møller – Mærsk AS said today that the sale and purchase agreement for Maersk Line’s acquisition Hamburg Süd has now been approved by the boards of Maersk
MacGregor and R-R to collaborate on autonomous box ships
MARCH 23, 2017 — MacGregor and Rolls-Royce are to collaborate on R&D exploring the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo systems onboard containerships. “Rolls-Royce is pioneering remotely
Advice to box ship owners: Defer newbuild deliveries
MARCH 1, 2017 — The latest Container Insight Weekly from Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd. says that newbuilding deferral offers the container industry a golden opportunity to smooth out the capacity peaks in
Eimskip, Royal Arctic order ice class containerships
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Reykjavik, Iceland, headquartered Eimskip has been in negotiations with shipyards in China to build two 2,150 TEU container vessels and has finalized a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading
Crowley ship carries historic cargo from Cuba
JANUARY 25, 2017—In an historic event in U.S.-Cuba commercial trade, Crowley Maritime reports that its 8,246 gt container ship K Storm has loaded a shipment of artisanal charcoal on January 24 in
Green award for largest box ship to transit Panama Canal
DECEMBER 22, 2016 — Hapag-Lloyd’s Valparaiso Express this week became the largest capacity vessel thus far to transit the Panama Canal’s Expanded Locks. The 10,589 TEU Neopanamax containership was specifically built to
Seven year old box ship heads for demolition
NOVEMBER 24, 2016 — The youngest ever containership has been sent for demolition by Rickmers Marine Trust. The vessel was India Rickmers, a seven year panamax boxship (4,250 TEU), delivered in 2009
O-ring replacement eyed in engine room fire
NOVEMBER 20, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that an improperly installed fitting on a fuel line supplying an auxiliary engine fuel injector pump is the probable cause of a
Maersk teams with LA-LB on emissions monitoring plan
NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — Maersk Line is partnering with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to measure the environmental benefits of a $125 million upgrade for 12 Maersk containerships. This