Tag: container

Cargo container traffic slowed at the Port of Long Beach in April as consumers continued to limit purchases and shippers shuffled trade from the West Coast to seaports on the East and Gulf coasts.

In this week’s  Shipping Number of the Week, BIMCO looks at the container order book and notices significant change. 

The Maritime Research Institute of the Netherlands (MARIN), has released a new, informative video on TopTier, the joint industry project on container loss. This project is an effort of forty participants in the maritime industry in order to drastically reduce an important issue in container transport. 

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) reports that container dwell time at San Pedro ports continues to stabilize as volumes continue to drop post the pandemic related cargo surge.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announces plans to develop and integrate a smart container solution across their global fleet, in collaboration with Sony Network Communications Europe (Sony).

A container explosion killed three seafarers and injured one at the Port of Crotone, Italy, on 31 August.

National Cargo Bureau (NCB), a NY based not-for-profit container inspection company, has launched a remote container inspection service based on the Hazcheck Inspections web-based container inspections database and access portal developed with their software division, Exis Technologies. 

The phenomenon known as Parametric Rolling Movement (PRM) can cause a ship to roll at extreme angles of up to 30-40 degrees or more and may in extreme cases lead to capsizing of the vessel, as Anatoliy Frank, Technical Manager and Senior Claims Executive, Skuld Hamburg explains.

A.P. Moller - Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards agreed to build a feeder vessel with a dual engine technology, enabling it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low Sulphur fuel.

It is known that overweight containers are a very serious problem. Therefore, UK P&I Club released a guide focusing on how much cargo weight can be safely and legally loaded in containers.