UASC’s latest: Ultra large and ultra eco-friendly
APRIL 29, 2015 — United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) today named the 18,800 TEU M.V. Barzan in ceremonies at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) shipyard in Mokpo, South Korea today. UASC
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U.S. Navy responds as Iran fires on Marshall Islands ship
APRIL 28, 2015 — The U.S.Navy responded this morning after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, or IRGCN, vessel fired shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands flag containership and subsequently
NASSCO launches world’s first LNG fueled containership
APRIL 20, 2015 — Shipbuilder GD NASSCO hosted a milestone event, Saturday, April 18. The launch and christening of the Isla Bella, the world’s first LNG-fueled containership, was also the 100th launch
CMA CGM poised to order 20,600 TEU trio
MARCH 30, 2015 — Kicking the size of giant containerships up yet another notch, Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM, the worlds’s third largest container line, today said that it is finalizing an
Maersk Line orders seven 3,600 TEU box ships
MARCH 26, 2015 — Maersk Line today signed a newbuilding order with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China. The order is for seven 3,600 TEU container ships. The vessels will have
Shipping losses decline, but new threats loom
MARCH 24, 2015 — Although 2014 was the safest year in shipping for ten years, the trend to mega ships could mean future mega losses and cyber security is an issue of
USCG detains MOL containership in Seattle
MARCH 9, 2015 — U.S. Coast Guard personnel detained the containership MOL Precision in Seattle, Thursday, March 5. Port State Control officers, from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, discovered several significant violations
MOL to add six 20,000 TEU box ships
MARCH 2, 2015 — The move to giant containerships continues — and so does the trend to LNG fueling. Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to add six 20,000 TEU box ships
Giant box ships booked, Imabari adds giant building dock
JANUARY 29, 2015 — Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. said today that it has secured orders for eleven 20,000 TEU containerships. They will measure about 400 m x 59 m and will
MAN PrimeServ marks PMI Auto-tuning retrofit milestone
JANUARY 22, 2015 — MAN PrimeServ, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s service division, reports the 100th sale of its PMI (Pressure Measuring Instrument) Auto-tuning retrofit package. The MSC Filippa, a 2011-built, 13,400 TEU