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APL England Master charged in Queensland court

The Master of the APL England, the containership that spilled about 50 boxes into the sea off Australia on May 24, appeared before a Queensland magistrates court today to face two charges

MAN’s most powerful engine yet powers giant containership

HMM’s new series of twelve 23,964 TEU ultra large containerships will each be powered by an MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5 low-speed main engine. As we reported earlier, the first of these ships, the

APL containership loses 40 boxes off NSW coast

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says that at about 10.45 am AEST, Sunday, May 24, it received notification that a containership had lost cargo overboard off the coast of New South

MSC to use up to 30% biofuel in ships calling in Rotterdam

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) reports that it has started to use biofuel in its vessels calling in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The decision follows successful trials with biofuel blends earlier this year.

Hyundai Heavy gets AIP for new containership power system

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries aims to maximize the efficiency of Very Large Containerships (VLCSs) by simplifying the power system. HHI and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have been awarded Approval

ABS issues guidance on containership cargo fires

The just-published ABS Guide for Fire-Fighting Systems for Cargo Areas of Container Carriers is the first of its kind to address firefighting and safety systems of cargo holds of container vessels, the

Investment company switches management of two box ships

Lake House, a Hong Kong and London based investment company, has appointed PT-Shipmanagement GmbH (PTS), to manage two containerships. Each has a capacity of 1,300 TEU and sails with an average crew

New risks add to pressures on container market

“The mood-music surrounding the container market has deteriorated further in the last three months,” says Drewry Shipping Consultants, which has downgraded its outlook for world container port throughput for the current year

Evergreen orders six giant box ships at Samsung Heavy

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) reports that it has won orders worth a total of $920 million from Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corporation for six large containerships with a capacity of

MacGregor system helps world’s biggest box ship max its TEU capacity

A MacGregor designed cargo system design, combined with a 24 container wide ship design, takes the total container capacity of the world’s largest containership, MSC Gülsün to 23,756 TEU, which is 1,500

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