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
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
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
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
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reported yesterday that the 4,600 TEU MOL-operated containership MOL Express, on charter from Seaspan Corporation, ran aground in shallow water in Tateyama Harbor, Chiba
JANUARY 6, 2014 — WesPac Midstream LLC and Pivotal LNG, Inc. (Pivotal LNG), a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) say they have now signed a long-term agreement with
DECEMBER 17, 2014 — The world’s largest containership, the 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe, features a rudder from Becker Marine Systems, Hamburg, Germany. Built for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) at Hyundai Heavy
DECEMBER 1, 2014 — A lot of shippers are going to hate this one. IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee has decided to make it mandatory to weigh loaded containers before they are transported
NOVEMBER 30, 2014—The global shipping industry is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. Ocean shipping is one of the
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 — The world’s largest containership, China Shipping Container Lines 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe (CSCL) is also noteworthy for being powered by what is, physically, the largest engine ever constructed