Containership News
Ship demolition: 301 tankers sold for scrap in 20212021 saw 704 vessels sold for scrap overall, with a combined deadweight tonnage of 26.4 million and a total scrap value of $2.7 billion, a report released by VesselsValue shows.26 January 2022 Wednesday 14:10
New World’s Biggest Containership Makes Maiden Call in the UKThe Ever Ace, the unofficial new title holder for the rank of the world’s largest container ship, has made its maiden call in the United Kingdom.16 September 2021 Thursday 10:00
Seaspan Adds to Containership OrderbookHong Kong-based Seaspan Corporation today announced that it has entered into agreements for the construction of two new 12,000 TEU containerships, bringing its newbuild orderbook to 39 ships.24 June 2021 Thursday 11:00
CMA CGM to Deploy Six LNG-Powered Containerships on TranspacificFrench shipping giant CMA CGM has announced plans to deploy six new LNG-powered containerships dedicated to the China-U.S. market.25 February 2021 Thursday 15:00
Maersk Elba loses power after fire off PortugalA Denmark-flagged containership lost power due to a fire in the engine room off the coast of Portugal on 26 December, Portuguese National Maritime Authority (AMN) said.29 December 2020 Tuesday 14:10
Hapag-Lloyd Orders Six Ultra-Large Containerships at DSMEGerman liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for six Ultra Large Container Vessels at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.25 December 2020 Friday 10:00
Containership leaking fuel oil at New Jersey terminalA Liberia-flagged container vessel has begun leaking fuel oil at the Global Container Terminals (GCT) Bayonne, New Jersey, the US Coast Guard (USCG) said.01 October 2020 Thursday 11:00
MOL Charisma suffers fire off Sri LankaA Bahamas-flagged Post-Panamax containership caught fire approximately 250 miles east from Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 1 September.05 September 2020 Saturday 14:03
Carriers Scramble to Charter Larger Containerships at ‘Whatever it Takes’ PricesOcean carriers are scrambling to charter larger containerships to take advantage of skyrocketing freight rates caused by a spike in demand across major tradelanes.27 August 2020 Thursday 16:20
SAMSA: MSC boxship released from detention after container lossThe South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has released from detention MSC Palak, a 9,411 TEU containership that lost more than 20 containers overboard in Algoa Bay last week.22 July 2020 Wednesday 17:00
AMSA starts campaign targeting cargo securing on containershipsThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is launching a focused inspection campaign targeting cargo securing arrangements on containerships visiting Australian ports.22 July 2020 Wednesday 15:15
MSC’s eco-friendly containership sets new world record at Port of LAThis new all-time world record — equal to 34,263 TEUs — is 1,385 containers more than the previously held record.22 June 2020 Monday 14:40
CMA CGM Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050French-based CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping group, said on Tuesday it would aim to become carbon neutral by 2050.04 June 2020 Thursday 16:03
Pirates Seize Containership Off Benin, Kidnap Crew -BulgariaPirates attacked a Portugal-flagged ship and kidnapped its Bulgarian captain and seven sailors off the coast of Benin, Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday.22 April 2020 Wednesday 10:58
Carriers Axe 3 Million TEU Capacity from Key Asia-Europe and Transpacific RoutesHeadhaul capacity withdrawn by Asia-Europe and transpacific carriers has reached 3m teu, according to a survey by Sea-Intelligence.17 April 2020 Friday 14:10
Idle Containership Fleet Appears Set to Hit All-Time RecordIdled containership capacity is expected to reach a record high of 3m teu within weeks, in the “worst capacity crisis the industry has ever seen”, according to new data from Alphaliner.09 April 2020 Thursday 16:00
Blanked Sailings Could Cost Carriers $23 BillionThe container shipping industry could lose as much as $23bn this year from reduced demand in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.07 April 2020 Tuesday 16:12
USCG Medevacs Crewman from Yang Ming BoxshipAn injured crew member of a Taiwan-flagged containership has been evacuated some six miles from the San Francisco Bay, the US Coast Guard (USCG) said.06 April 2020 Monday 11:55
Business of Shipping: Container Shipping Well-Positioned to Withstand COVID-19 DownturnThe world’s container shipping industry is well-positioned to withstand the COVID-19 -induced downtown, say industry experts.28 March 2020 Saturday 12:15
