Containerships Oy opts for LNG for two newbuilds

MAY 13, 2014 — Finland’s Containerships Ltd Oy and Germany’s GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg, and Arkon Shipping say they have ordered two LNG burning dual-fuel containerships with options for two more. Containerships will

Yangzijian delivers first 10,000 TEU box ship from new yard

MAY 6, 2014 — Demonstrating that Chinese shipbuilders are now very much a force to be reckoned with in the market for large containerships, Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has delivered Hanjin

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

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

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