Tag: containerships

The new electrified container terminal at the Port of Valencia is set to be a cutting-edge infrastructure that combines technology, eco-efficiency, intermodality, and sustainability.

Arkas is investing $240 million to expand its fleet with four next-generation, eco-designed container vessels, increasing its total number of vessels to 53 and boosting the TEU capacity to over 100,000.

The container ship APL Qingdao lost propulsion near New York Harbor on April 5, while navigating the busy Kill Van Kull shipping waterway.

President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the opening ceremony of Korea's first automated terminal on April 5, at Busan New Port, marking a significant step in South Korea's shipping and logistics sector.

A cargo ship, MV Dali, crashed into the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, carrying 56 containers of hazardous materials weighing 764 tons, according to Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and Supply Chain Movement have come together to create a simple mindmap showing the trends impacting the container shipping industry. 

In an effort to tackle with marine litter, the IMO MEPC 81, that took place 18-22 March 2024, discussed about the reporting procedures for lost containers and carriage of plastic pellets by sea and took important decisions towards. Containers lost overboard can be a serious hazard to navigation and safety at sea as well as to the marine environment. 

A major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, partially collapsed on Tuesday 26 March after being hit by a cargo ship, leaving people in the Patapsco River below.

The Q1 2024 Shipping Market Overview & Outlook from BIMCO has been released which features an analysis of the container shipping market regarding supply and demand.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) informed that since 1 January 2024, the Canadian Carbon Intensity Indicator (CCII) applies to Canadian ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above operating only within all Canadian waters (including within the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River) or only within all the aforementioned areas and travelling to ports of the United States provided the ship voyages to these ports comprise 50% or less of annual trips.