Tag: containerships

Houthis in Yemen have claimed responsibility for attacking a Liberia-flagged container vessel, the MV Groton, for a second time, as part of their ongoing campaign against commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden, Reuters reports.

TT Club has emphasizes the responsibility of all parties involved to ensure accurate classification, packaging, declaration, and handling of hazardous cargoes.

On 28 August, Hapag-Lloyd AG announced the successful delivery of the "Hamburg Express" from Hanwha Shipyard.

A.P. Møller-Mærsk has officially added the fourth large methanol dual-fuel container vessel to its fleet, with the christening of Alette Mærsk.

South Korea's HD Hyundai Samho has secured a potential contract to build four methanol dual-fuel container ships for Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines, the company announced.

Adverse weather conditions impacting South Africa this past week have led to yet another large container vessel losing as many as 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).

Thai authorities are working urgently to prevent around 100 shipping containers allegedly containing hazardous industrial waste from Albania from reaching the country, Bloomberg reports.

A fire broke out on August 9, 2024, at approximately 1:40 local time, aboard the YM Mobility, operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp, at the Port of Ningbo. 

Xeneta analysis shows that ocean container shipping demand from China to North America and North Europe continued to break records in June as importers rushed to protect supply chains amid the global disruption caused by conflict in the Red Sea. According to Xeneta, the latest data, released this week, shows 800 000 TEU (20ft equivalent container) were shipped from China to North Europe in June, which is the highest ever monthly figure on this trade. While the trade from China to North America did not set a new all-time high, it was still the highest volume of containers to have ever been shipped in the month of June at 1.36m TEU. This makes June 2024 the eighth highest month on record and is beaten only by the extraordinary volumes shipped at the height of Covid-19 pandemic disruption in late 2020 and 2021, Xeneta notes.  Conflict in the Red Sea has brought a major shift in the traditional seasonality of ocean supply chains, with concerned shippers rushing to import as many goods as they can earlier in the year. ... said Peter Sand, Xeneta Chief Analyst, adding that shippers assessed the impact of the Red Sea conflict on ocean supply chains ...

Veer has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Fosen Shipyard to develop and construct two wind-powered and hydrogen-assisted container vessels.