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German port Wilhelmshaven to take on Rotterdam

Maersk only customer to new Jade-Weser port The small town of Wilhelmshaven on Germany's North Sea coast, with a population of only 81,000, is already the country's largest naval base.With its new Jade-Weser-Port container hub, Wilhelmshaven became Germany's only deep water port and hopes to give Rotterdam and Antwerp a run for their money and become the main stopping point in Europe for supersize container ships arriving from Asia.Since the mid-1950s, Wilhelmshaven has become the largest German import terminal for crude oil, with pipelines supplying refineries in the Rhine-Ruhr region and Hamburg, and also a major handling location for goods such as petroleum products, coal and chemical products.Nevertheless, the Jade-Weser-Port Container Terminal will catapult the port into the world's premier league, with the capacity to handle the largest container ships - including the future triple-E class ships that have a carrying capacity of 18,000 TEU or "twenty-foot equivalent unit," which is the unit of measure in the sector.Wilhelmshaven's 18m deep port will allow these huge new giants to dock fully loaded independent of the tide at any time of night or day.At the moment, the site is a vast stretch of sand with a few diggers and excavators, a scattering ...

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Crew of Maersk Alabama sues for $50 million

Their captain ignored warnings to sail clear of pirate-infested waters off Africa More than half the crew members of a container ship that was at the center of a piracy drama off Somalia in April 2009 are suing for nearly $50 million, contending their captain ignored warnings to sail clear of pirate-infested waters off Africa.The lawsuits have been filed by 11 crew members aboard the Maersk Alabama, a Norfolk-based ship, the Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/JsIQoz) reported Saturday. The five-day standoff ended when Navy SEALs killed three of Capt. Richard Phillips' captors.While Phillips was hailed as a hero, his former crew members allege his actions put them in grave danger when the ship sailed within about 250 miles of the African coast despite warnings to stay at least 600 miles offshore because of the threat of piracy.Phillips is not named in the lawsuits, filed in courts in Norfolk and Mobile, Ala. The newspaper said it could not reach him for comment, and The Associated Press could not immediately locate a phone number for him.Named in the suits are the owner of the ship, Maersk Line Ltd., and Waterman Steamship Corp. The Alabama company operated and provided the crew for the ship under a ...

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Maersk to levy peak season surcharges

Season surcharges on services between India and North America Maersk, the world's number one container liner, will levy peak season surcharges on services between India and North America, including Canada, from June 15, according to shipping industry sources.The surcharges will be $360 per TEU, $450 per FEU, $500 per 40-foot high cube and $560 per 45-foot.It might be noted that Singapore-based APL had earlier made a similar announcement in respect of the same trade lanes effective June 10. APL proposes to impose surcharges of $480 per TEU, $600 per FEU, $675 per 40-foot high cube and $760 per 45-foot high cube container, the sources add. Source: The Hindu Business Line

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Maersk vessel attacked by pirates in Gulf of Oman

Fortunately, onboard security guards were able to deter the pirates Pirates in the Gulf of Oman attacked the Maersk Texas, a U.S.-flagged c argo ship, but onboard guards repelled them, Maersk Line Ltd, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said on Wednesday.The attack on the ship - a 19,592 deadweight tonnes (dwt) vessel which is 148 metres (486 feet) long - took place at noon local time on Wednesday when it was passing through the Gulf of Oman, northeast of the Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, Maersk Line Ltd said.The vessel had just left the Straits of Hormuz and was on its way back to the United States, a spokesman said."Numerous skiffs with armed men in each boat quickly closed on Maersk Texas," Maersk Line Ltd, a U.S. unit of the Maersk group, said in a statement. Despite warnings, the pirates continued to approach the vessel and then fired upon it, after which a security team returned fire in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard rules of engagement, Maersk Line Ltd said."All hands onboard are safe and unharmed, and the vessel is proceeding on its voyage," the company said.A Maersk Line spokesman said he did not have ...

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Maersk pours cold water on any shipping recovery

-Maersk CEO optimistic Maersk Line will make small 2012 profit A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) Wednesday poured some cold water on the prospects for the global shipping industry in the second half of the year with an earnings outlook that fell well short of investors' expectations despite a surprise improvement in the Danish energy and transport group's first-quarter net profit.The less bullish-than-expected outlook from the world's biggest operator of container ships triggered a 6% drop in its stock price, wiping $1.4 billion off its market capitalization on the Copenhagen bourse.The group's net profit attributable to shareholders rose 1.2% to DKK6.15 billion ($1.05 billion) overshooting market expectations mainly due to a one-time gain of DKK5.05 billion from the settlement of a tax dispute relating to Maersk's Algeria oil production. Revenue increased 2.7% to DKK81.25 billion, helped by a higher oil price which benefited Maersk's oil and gas unit.However, the bullish tone to Maersk executives' comments about the group's outlook after Maersk Line pushed through large rate increases in the first quarter contrasted with their forecast for only a modest improvement in the shipping unit's performance this year, well short of analysts' expectations.Considering Maersk Line has 16% of the global container-shipping market with ...

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Maersk suffers heavy loss at container arm

$599m net operating loss The chief executive of Denmark's AP Møller-Maersk has vowed to focus on boosting the container shipping industry's profitability, after heavy first-quarter losses at its container operations exacerbated fears about the industry's future.The $599m net operating loss after tax at Maersk Line, operator of the world's largest container ship fleet, compared with a $424m profit by the same measure in last year's first quarter and was struck on revenue up 7 per cent to $6.31bn.The group's reported net profits rose 1 per cent compared with last year's first quarter to $1.18bn on revenue down 1 per cent to $14.3bn. However, without two one-off gains - $900m from the settlement of a tax dispute in Algeria and $324m in gains on disposals - Maersk Line's reverse would have wiped out all net profits for the quarter.Maersk's B shares fell 6.15 per cent in Copenhagen, to DKr37,840.Maersk has been widely blamed for worsening the industry's crisis last year by introducing significant extra capacity on the key Asia to Europe route and driving rates earned per container down.However, Nils Andersen, chief executive, said the company had reached 16 per cent market share, the level it had been targeting."We're refocusing our ...

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Siemens to Equip Maersk Container Ships With Eco-Friendly Propulsion And Power Generation System

Maersk Triple-E Class equipped with Eco-Friendly Propulsion The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has been awarded a contract worth tens of millions of Euros from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to implement eco-friendly propulsion and power generation system in container ships which will comprehensively reduce transit costs and provide in achieving the best operational CO2 Index in accordance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO).Apart from administering shaft generator motors and a power generation system, Siemens will also furnish the company with expertise in power management and Waste Heat Recovery Control (WHR). This approach will substantially contribute in depreciating the emission of significant air pollutants.Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is the second largest shipbuilder in the world. In February 2011 the company entered into a contract with A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Maersk Line) to build 20 Triple-E class vessels. These triple-E class containers signify economy of scale, energy efficiency and environmentally improved vessels. The first generation of these green container ships will be the largest in the world and they can carry 18,000 containers (TEU). The first ten vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 2013 and 2014 and the second set is expected to ...

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Maersk Line: Shipping’s role in global trade and development

Maersk Line casts light on the impacts of global container shipping and trade, both good and bad Maersk Line shares its new sustainability progress report, Route 2, in which it seeks answers to probing questions such as how to:Minimise environmental impacts whilst facilitating global trade? Create environmental transparency across the industry? Enable an informed and frank discussion on needed changes? Telling it like it is"Global shipping accounts for 3-4% of global CO2 emissions. However, there continues to be an eminent lack of transparency and understanding of the impacts of shipping. The shipping industry is in general not very open about its performance - perhaps for good reasons. This undermines the credibility of the entire industry," says Lucas Vos, Chief Commercial Officer, Maersk Line.Maersk Line is committing to help do something about that. It puts the various impacts of activities on the table, as well as Maersk Line's own 2011 performance."We need to chart an alternative path or route. With Route 2 we hope to help our customers, regulators, NGOs and even consumers ask better questions. This should add positive pressure on the shipping community," continues Vos. "Many of our customers are already engaged - we can see this in the ...

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Maersk Container Ship Adrift Off Portuguese Coast

After engine failure Maersk container ship disabled, drifting off the coast of Portugal after engine failure. Tug ordered just in case.Maersk Line container ship Gerd Maersk, on passage from the Far East to Bremerhaven, following engine failure, was drifting about 20 miles northwest of Porto.The ship's engineers are working to repair the damage, while a small tug - Castelo de Obidos - lies in the readiness of hundred meters from the Danish-flagged container ship, ready to provide assistance should there be need."We expect to Gerd Maersk will be ready to proceed over the next 24 hours," said press officer Michael Storgaardård, AP Moller - Maersk.Storgaard stresses that the ship is situated far from shore and 1,000 feet of water, so there is absolutely no danger.For safety's sake, Maersk Line, however, commissioned a major tug who is currently on its way to the location.Gerd Maersk was built in 2006 and has a capacity of 6,600 TEUSource: Maersk

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