Tag: container shipping

On September 17th, the Evergreen container ship Ever Oath encountered a significant setback when its engines failed while approaching Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Maersk's world-first green methanol container vessel has reached the Port of Rotterdam, and it's expected to reach its destination, Copenhagen, in fifteen days, finishing its 21,500-kilometer journey from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea.

DP World has signed a concession agreement with the Deendayal Port Authority to develop, operate and maintain a new 2.19 million TEU per annum mega-container terminal at Kandla in Gujarat on India’s western coast. 

Last week, the first methanol fuel bunkering operation in East Port Said port was successfully completed for a Maersk container ship.

According to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, a box fire aboard a containership anchored off the coast of Port Klang was extinguished with minor damage and no casualties to the crew.

GTT announced it has secured an order from Yangzijiang shipyard, to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of ten super large, LNG-fuelled container vessels.

Hapag-Lloyd has released a video which shows how an LNG (liquified natural gas) tank was installed aboard the dual-fuel containership Berlin Express.

An operation to rescue MV Pangaon Express started on 16th July, 10 days after it sank in heavy waves in the Bay of Bengal on 6th July, while en route from Chittagong to Pangaon Inland Container Terminal in Keraniganj.

The revised Unified Container Inspection & Repair Criteria (UCIRC) includes inspection criteria for container depots and other container handover facilities to address pest contamination on and in containers.

The 80th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 3-7 July 2023, discussed measures to tackle the serious issue of marine litter due to shipping.