VIDEO: X-Press Pearl sinks at stern
A virtually new containership that has been on fire off Sri Lanka since May 20 partially sank today, just as salvage efforts were seeming to show some progress. As we reported earlier,
A virtually new containership that has been on fire off Sri Lanka since May 20 partially sank today, just as salvage efforts were seeming to show some progress. As we reported earlier,
Sri Lanka TV news channels today showed the nearly new containership X-Press Pearl as still continuing to burn, despite firefighting efforts that are now in their eighth day. Pollution from the 2021-built,
Dramatic footage released by the Sri Lanka air force yesterday shows flames and smoke continuing to erupt from a virtually brand new 2,700 TEU containership despite firefighting efforts that have been continuing
The largest containership to ever call North America’s East Coast, the 16,022 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, sailed into New York on May 20, setting the second of an expected seven records
Bureau Veritas has granted its Approval in Principle to an innovative design for a 2,500 TEU containership, the Trade Wings 2500, that promises significant reductions in CO2 emissions compared with current conventional
Within 18 months of the launch of the innovative Hydropen drill and spray solution for fighting container fires, CMA CGM has installed it on 85 of its ships. While conventional firefighting solutions
Vladimir Penda, 27, the former fourth engineer of the containership MSC Gayane, was today sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison plus two years of supervised release on charges of
Though spectacular salvage and wreck removal projects continue to hit the headlines, the ocean salvage industry continues to face pressures that has seen some major players leave the market in recent years.
Although the containership Ever Given was fortunately freed after less than a week of blocking the Suez Canal, BIMCO notes that the consequences for owners and operators due to the delays caused
April 2021 A few short weeks ago, the entire world was transfixed by images of one of the largest containerships on the globe blocking the Suez Canal for six days, causing an