While 2018 was a turbulent year for the container shipping industry, it might have been “only a warm up for 2019” in the view of New York headquartered management consultancy AlixPartners LLP.
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has set a new record for the largest amount of cargo ever stowed on a containership, carrying over 19,100 TEU of containers on the MOL Tribute. That beat
JANUARY 4, 2018 — Hapag-Lloyd reports that a fire broke out yesterday in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers. The company says that the
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) yesterday welcomed the largest containership ever built in the United States to Hawaii. Named in honor of Hawaii’s late senior U.S. Senator, the 850 ft,
NOVEMBER 1, 2018 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) yesterday took delivery of the first of two new Aloha Class containerships built for its Hawaii service at Philly Shipyard. “This new ship, our
OCTOBER 18, 2018 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report on a May 4, 2017 incident in which the 11,400 TEU U.K. registered containership CMA CGM Centaurus made
OCTOBER 16, 2018 – Hamburg headquartered Norddeutsche Reederei, which manages a 46 vessel containership fleet, is to be acquired by V.Group under an agreement signed with Norddeutsche Vermögen Group. The current Norddeutsche
OCTOBER 15, 2018 — Another major containership operator — OOCL — is opting to meet the IMO global sulfur cap by using low sulfur fuel (LSF) and passing the added cost on
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 — Japan’s NYK Line says that it has completed a new concept for a ship’s bridge and has employed it on a large containership currently being managed by the
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 — In a ceremony at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg today, China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Ltd. (DSIC) and classification society DNV GL signed a joint development project