Tag: containerships

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and APM Terminals have agreed to negotiate a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the development of the Laldia Container Terminal in Bangladesh.

A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), focuses on an incident in which a member of the deck crew member put themselves in the line of fire during landing of a structure on the back deck of a vessel.

Korean Register (KR) has granted approval in principle (AiP) for the methanol dual-fuel retrofit design of a 16,000 TEU containership owned by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM).

In a remarkable feat, Ocean Network Express (ONE)'s container vessel "ONE Innovation" has set a new load record of 22,000 TEUs on its most recent call to Singapore.

Zulu Associates has released designs for autonomous, zero emission, short sea vessels featuring wind blades, set to sail in the North Sea. 

James Hookham, Secretary General and Director of the Global Shippers Forum, advocates for a a more customer-centric culture that would help establishing a robust relationship for carriers to invest in the expenses associated with digitalization and decarbonization.

According to media reports, China has revealed the design of the world's largest nuclear-powered container ship.

A Maersk vessel will enter the first methanol-enabled service in February, on the AE7 string connecting Asia and Europe, which includes port calls in Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Colombo and Hamburg with Ningbo, China, being its first destination.

A new report released at the margins of COP28 by UMAS, details the annualised total costs of zero emission container vessels and the cost difference on a per container basis for transpacific and coastal ships under different fuel pathways.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC for its 2,500 TEU feeder design with methanol propulsion, as part of a joint development project.