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
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
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
JULY 25, 2016 — A Cosco neopanamax containership last month became the first ship to make a commercial transit of the expanded Panama Canal. Now another Cosco neopanamax, the 8,500 TEU Xin
JULY 5, 2016 — Wärtsilä is to supply a total of twenty-four 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets for six 21,000 TEU containerships being built at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) for
JUNE 27, 2016 — The Neopanamax containership COSCO Shipping Panama has become the first ship to make a commercial transit of the expanded Panama Canal, heralding potential major changes for U.S. East
JUNE 24, 2016 — The largest and most powerful engine ever from MAN Diesel & Turbo has entered service. Built by Doosan Engine in Korea and rated at 75,570 kW (103,000 horsepower),
JUNE 14, 2016 — The 5,400 TEU containership Carl Schulte’s is meeting the most stringent environmental standards so successfully that it is ranked in the top 2% of containerships of its size
MAY 9, 2016 — Nine second generation Triple-E container vessels with a capacity of 19,630 TEU each being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in Korea will have GE Marine Solutions
APRIL 20, 2016 — CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a new alliance enabling each of them to
