Hydrex bow thruster repair avoids drydocking
APRIL 7, 2014 — Earlier this month Hydrex carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 270-meter containership in Barcelona. After cracks were detected in the old blades, a condition of class
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World’s largest box ship propeller heads for Korea
MARCH 18, 2014 — What is said to be the world’s largest containership propeller was loaded onto the containership Hyundai Together at the HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder, Hamburg, Germany, this past Saturday
UASC adds 17th LNG-ready box ship to HHI order
MARCH 10, 2014 — Dubai headquartered United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has exercised a final option at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, adding an additional 18,000 TEU containership to eleven 14,000 TEU
MacGregor wins order for new design lashing bridge
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — MacGregor has secured an order for lashing bridges for three 18,000 TEU containerships to be built at Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China. The contract includes the design and fabrication
UASC ups order with HHI to 16 containerships
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) reports it has exercised options for six additional 14,000 TEU vessels, bringing its total order to 16 ships with Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in
MAN Diesel & Turbo books G type orders
JANUARY 9, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo says that two Greek ship operators have recently selected one of its newest, two-stroke, main engines – the G95ME-C – as prime mover for
Maersk dusts off the SeaLand name
JANUARY 8, 2014 — A.P. Moller-Maersk Group’s Maersk Line is dusting off the SeaLand name. It is giving it to a regional, containerized shipping company dedicated to the intra-Americas market that will
Cracked containership to be repaired at anchorage
JANUARY 6, 2013 — Repairs to a crack on the main deck and outer hull of the the 4,860 TEU containership MSC Monterey will now be carried out on board the ship
Interim report on MOL Comfort loss available
DECEMBER 20, 2013 — A committee established by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) following the June 17 loss of the containership MOL Comfort has completed its interim report
Shipping confidence hits three year high
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for more than three years over the three-month period to November 2013, according to the latest