The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the containership Dali. The exact time of the precision cuts will depend on multiple environmental and operational...
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Langh Ship’s newest 7,800DWT vessel sails on delivery voyage
Finnish shipping company Langh Ship has confirmed that its newest 7,800DWT vessel has been completed and is already en route to Europe. Like its earlier sister vessels Olivia and Lovisa, Sofia is purposely built to carry stainless steel coils produced in Finland by local company Outokumpu. There...
COLUMN | The reality of changing risk [Grey Power]
It was a remark by an insurer, commenting on the probable of level of claims after the Baltimore bridge strike incident, that took my attention the other day. Insurers, said this expert, needed to be more aware of “low probability, high-cost claims” in the future. In an era of 24,000TEU...
COLUMN | Like trouble over bridged water [Tug Times]
O say can you see by the dawn’s early light A ship that blacked out, and a bridge no longer in sight (With apologies to Francis Scott Key) I have no desire to trivialise the recent events in Baltimore, because people died and that is a terrible tragedy for their families. We can only be […]
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Iran assures future release of crew of seized containership
The government of Iran is set to release all 25 crewmembers of a commercial vessel that local paramilitary forces seized earlier this month, the country’s foreign minister told local media. Hossein Amirabdollahian said that the crew of the containership MSC Aries have been granted consular access...
New container barge terminal opens in Cavite, Philippines
UAE-based port operator DP World and Philippine counterpart Asian Terminals (ATI) have opened a new barge terminal in the municipality of Tanza in the Philippines’ Cavite province. DP World said the new terminal will facilitate smoother and faster transport for goods and raw materials to and from...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels resume attacks on shipping following two-week lull
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have resumed their attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden following a lull of more than two weeks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed. CENTCOM said in an update via X (formerly Twitter) that, at 11:51 local time on Wednesday, April 24,...
Grimaldi welcomes new Con-Ro to fleet
Italian shipowner the Grimaldi Group took delivery of a new Con-Ro vessel at the facilities of HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea on Tuesday, April 23. Great Abidjan is the fourth in a planned series of six new Con-Ro vessels built by HD Hyundai Mipo with double the container capacity while...
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Malaysia’s Sapangar Bay Container Port to receive capacity upgrade
UAE-based port operator DP World and Malaysia’s Sabah Ports have established a partnership to manage the Sapangar Bay Container Port (SBCP) in eastern Malaysia. Through the partnership, DP World will support efforts currently underway to increase SBCP’s container handling capacity from 500,000 TEUs...
Japan’s Imoto Lines unveils hybrid feeder boxship concept
Japanese shipping company Imoto Lines has unveiled the first image of a coastal feeder containership that will be fitted with a hybrid electric propulsion system. The 499GT, 200TEU vessel will feature both installed and swappable containerised batteries as well as generators. The propulsion will...