MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) reports that it has started to use biofuel in its vessels calling in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The decision follows successful trials with biofuel blends earlier this year.
A MacGregor designed cargo system design, combined with a 24 container wide ship design, takes the total container capacity of the world’s largest containership, MSC Gülsün to 23,756 TEU, which is 1,500
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $21,316,067 contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). The contract includes
DECEMBER 7, 2018 — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has paid $630,625 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for violating the California Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth regulation. The violations were
AUGUST 17, 2018 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), Norfolk, VA, is awarding TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, FL, an $11,057,672 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Sea Based X-Band
JUNE 15, 2018 — Topics covered at last month’s 99th session of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 99) included autonomous ships. As might be expected, one of the things that emerged was
MAY 16, 2018 — President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal is already having an impact on shipping services. Today, container shipping giant MSC issued the
MAY 8, 2018 — Scott B. Miserendino, Sr., 59, a former contractor at the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in
APRIL 17, 2018 — Eleven 23,000 TEU containerships ordered by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) at two South Korean shipyards will each be equipped with a MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5 main engines. MAN Diesel
MARCH 24, 2018 — Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, OR, was awarded a $7,198,004 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) for a 42-calendar day shipyard availability for the midterm