Tag: containerships

Freight rates are record high while more cargo than ever before is shipped on the transpacific trade lane, as BIMCO's shipping economist Peter Sand noted.

Cargo of pellets on board the general cargo ship Kirsten B caught fire on June 23 at Kiel.

A Hamburg Sud containership hit a ferry pier on June 20 in Santos, Brazil. The vessel suffered a small hull breach and creasing to port side hull plates.

A fire has reprotedly broken out onboard the container ship MSC Teresa, in its engine room, on June 16, in the English Channel.

A criminal investigation has started regarding the fire that has been burning a few days now on the ship, X-Press Pearl. Relevant authorities will interview all crew of the ship.

The Kiel Institute presented a new indicator for international trade. The calculations are based on real-time-data from container ships, which are evaluated by using artificial intelligence.

Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) initiated an investigation into a possible environmental impact from the fire that took place on May 21, onboard X-Press Pearl near the Colombo port.

A fire took place onboard the X-Press Pearl on May 20 off Colombo. No injuries have been reported.

Malaysia confirmed that the attempts to contain and extinguish a fire that broke out on board a containership in Port Klang were still ongoing four days after the incident took place.

The Ultra Large Container Ship, MSC Tina, hit a pier as it was manoeuvring into the port of Ambarli, Istanbul, on March 27, suffering significant damage.