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
containership
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
BIMCO: Box ship demolition at all time high
NOVEMBER 7, 2016 —Containership demolition is at an all time high —creating what BIMCO calls “a positive surprise for the struggling container shipping industry. “ “The demolition activity in the last three
BIMCO: Box ship demolition at all time high
NOVEMBER 7, 2016 —Containership demolition is at an all time high —creating what BIMCO calls “a positive surprise for the struggling container shipping industry. “ “The demolition activity in the last three
CMA CGM and ENGIE sign MOU on LNG as box ship fuel
OCTOBER 19, 2016 — Container shipping giant CMA CGM and energy company ENGIE (the former GDF Suez) have signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to promote LNG as the marine fuel for
ITF slams U.S. treatment of Hanjin Shipping crew
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 — The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) yesterday described the refusal of shore leave to seafarers on board Hanjin ships in the U.S. as a denial of human rights.
Shippers “reeling” from Hanjin collapse
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 — A South Korean judge today ordered all Hanjin Shipping chartered vessels that have completed unloading their cargo to cancel their charter agreements and return to their owners. Sixty
DNV GL gives AIP for HHI’s SkyBench boxship design
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016—At SMM 2016 this past week in Hamburg, Germany, Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced it received the second approval in principle (AIP) from DNV GL for SkyBench, an
Hyundai Heavy’s SkyBench gets second AIP
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 — SkyBench, an innovative design for maximizing cargo loading capacity of large containerships developed by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) received a second approval in principle (AIP) from DNV
BV to class conversion of box ship to LNG fueling
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Classification society Bureau Veritas is to class the first-of-its kind conversion of Haren/Ems, Germany, based Wessels Reederei’s 1,036 TEU containership Wes Amelie to LNG as fuel (see earlier