Impressive work by salvors and US engineers has restored full access to the Port of Baltimore, with the ill-fated containership Dali safely extracted from the wreckage of the bridge and alongside in the port she had left on March 26. By every standard, it has been a spectacular operation, which few...
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Hapag-Lloyd takes delivery of LNG-fuelled newbuild
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of a new container vessel built by Hanwha Ocean of South Korea. Singapore Express has capacity for 24,000 TEUs and can run LNG, which is stored in IMO Type B fuel tanks made from high-manganese steel. The material was selected for the tanks due...
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Flawed propeller blade led to loss of propulsion on containership
A containership’s propeller blade cracked leading to a loss of hydraulic oil and propulsion while transiting the Pacific Ocean in an incident that occurred on August 11, 2022, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week. The investigation found a blade on the vessel’s...
Key Bridge Response Unified Command moves Dali, restores use of Federal Channel
Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command in Baltimore refloated and moved the containership Dali on Monday, May 20, at approximately 07:00 local time. With the assistance of five tugs and other support vessels, Dali was towed and pushed 2.5 miles (four kilometres), arriving at a...
Oregon proposes US$40 million investment for continuation of container service at Port of Portland
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has proposed a US$40 million state investment to allow container service to continue at Port of Portland’s Terminal 6. Of the total US$40 million proposed, US$35 million will come from the governor’s 2025-2027 recommended budget, and US$5 million will be requested from the legislative Emergency Board during its September meeting. The […]
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Shoreside charging for containerships now available at Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg in Germany recently began operation of shoreside power charging facilities for use by visiting container vessels. This makes the port the first in Europe to make shoreside charging available for both cruise ships and containerships. The first containership to avail of the...
US legislators publish guidance for national maritime strategy
US Senators Mark Kelly and Marco Rubio and US Representatives Mike Waltz and John Garamendi released the bipartisan report entitled “Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy,” which provides a comprehensive vision for planning guidance, strategic objectives, and actionable steps to...
New container terminal to be built in Batangas, Philippines
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) will construct a new international container terminal in the municipality of Bauan in Batangas province, Philippines, the company confirmed on Monday, May 13. ICTSI said the new terminal will be the largest privately-funded marine terminal investment in the Philippines and will eventually be the country’s second-largest container facility after the […]
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Bulkers και boxships: Η αγορά διαλύσεων μέσα από τα μάτια των αναλυτών
Οι ναυλαγορές των bulkers και των containerships κινήθηκαν σε «ξέφρενα» επίπεδα το 2021. Ως απόρροια του γεγονότος αυτού, η κινητικότητα μέσα στο έτος στην αγορά διαλύσεων δεν οδηγήθηκε από αυτούς τους τύπους πλοίων. Πρόσφατη έκθεση της Allied Shipbroking εστιάζει μεταξύ άλλων στις διαλύσεις από τις αρχές του έτους μέχρι τα τέλη Δεκεμβρίου. Σύμφωνα με την έκθεση, 880 πλοία πωλήθηκαν προς διάλυση από τις αρχές του έτους έως τα τέλη Δεκεμβρίου, συνολικής χωρητικότητας ίσης με 25,3 εκατ. dwt. Από...
CU Lines To Add Two More Boxships
Fast-growing China United Lines (CU Lines) has exercised an option to build two 1,930 teu feeder boxships at Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, says an article published in Splash 247.
Construction of 2 same type vesselsHuangpu Wenchong confirmed that the option was attached to an order placed by CU Lines in January for the construction of two vessels of the same type.
The series of vessels will adopt Huangpu Wenchong’s bangkokmax design and will be deployed within the Southeast Asia market.
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