Crowley to manage four Horizon containerships for Pasha

MAY 29, 1015 — Crowley Maritime Corp.’s global ship management group has been awarded a new contract with Sunrise Operations LLC, a subsidiary of the Pasha Group, of San Rafael, CA, for

DOJ okays Pasha’s acquisition of Horizon’s Hawaii business

APRIL 22, 2015 — The Pasha Group says that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared its acquisition of the Hawaii trade-lane business of Horizon Lines, Inc. (Horizon). This paves the

Fuel savings measures a threat to container lashings?

MARCH 18, 2015—Fuel savings measures could have a negative effect on the integrity of container lashings. Sharing his experiences from the audits on more than one hundred container vessels last year, Olivier

ClassNK works to lessen brittle crack risk in big box ships

FEBRUARY 19, 2015 — Classification society ClassNK  is to carry out a joint research project aimed at improving safety standards for ultra-large containerships. As containerships increase in size, so too does the

Wärtsilä wins major genset order

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — Wärtsilä is to supply five new 14,500 TEU containerships with twenty Auxpac 32 generating sets. The ships are under construction for COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Group) by Hudong-Zhonghua

ClassNK updates container stowing and lashing guidelines

JANUARY 8, 2015 — With containerships getting larger, various new securing systems have been developed to improve the efficiency of loading containers on board and it has become increasingly important to evaluate

Great Lakes Dredge gets $25.6 million Arthur Kill contract

DECEMBER 10, 2014 — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, IL, has been awarded a $25,637,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Arthur Kill Channel Navigation project, which includes dredging, blasting

KKR and Borealis acquire nine containerships

AUGUST 28, 2014 — Investment firm KKR (NYSE:KKR) and Borealis Maritime today announced the acquisition of a portfolio of nine feeder container vessels in a sale process coordinated by Commerzbank. The vessels

Super post-Panamax cranes go to work in Savannah

OCTOBER 23, 2013 — In a reminder that new generation containerships ships are going to demand new generation cargo handling equipment, four super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding adds to order book

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – Singapore listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. reports that four options (two 82,000 DWT and two 64,000 DWT bulk carriers) were converted into firm orders in July, became effective

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