Tag: containerships

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual report on containers lost at sea, revealing positive developments in container safety within the international liner shipping industry. 

HMM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GS Caltex to secure marine biofuels in order to conduct the trial use of the fuels on its three 24,000 TEU container ships in the second half of this year.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Taslim Imad, Manager Loss Prevention Department at Steamship Mutual, gave a presentation on safety measures of carriage and stowage of electric vehicles, from a P&I perspective.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) decided to install two containerized wind assist units on one of their operated container feeder ships before the end of 2023.

According to the The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of Valencia has been falling for seven consecutive months.

HMM announced today that it plans to conduct field tests of an onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) for containerships along with SHI (Samsung Heavy Industries) and PANASIA in the second half of this year.

Four Sri Lankan stowaways captured while traveling on a cargo ship transporting Sri Lankan clothing exports to Europe were handed over to Sri Lankan authorities this week.

China Chamber of Commerce (CSSC) announced, on 7th April, that it signed an agreement with CMA CGM to build 16 large container ships.

Europol has released a joint analysis carried out in collaboration with the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg/Bremerhaven to explore criminal networks in EU ports in terms of the risks and challenges for law enforcement.

The dredging of the waterway to handle Neo-Panamax vessels has been finished, as Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) announced earlier this week.