Maersk to divest its container manufacturer to CIMC

Pictured: boxes in a stack. Photo credit: Dale Staton and UnSplash.

By A.P. Moeller-Maersk

China International Marine Containers will acquire the A.P. Moller – Maersk owned Maersk Container Industry, a manufacturer of refrigerated containers. This finalizes Maersk’s strategic review of Maersk Container Industry announced at its Capital Markets Day in May 2021.

MCI will become part of a market leading company in the container equipment industry. CIMC will take over MCI’s entire organisation and...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/maersk-to-divest-its-container-manufacturer-to-cimc/

4 Weeks Preparation Needed Before Sailing Cruise Ships

It takes about four weeks to prepare a cruise ship for sailing again, said President and CEO of CMI, Jim Barreiro de León, reports Cruise Industry News.

Preparation 

“We are on a schedule of four weeks prior to the actual activation and moving of the vessel at the moment because of the quarantine periods for the crew before coming onboard,” de León told Cruise Industry News.

 “There’s a difference between the reactivation itself and the repositioning – the vessel has to go somewhere else to pick...

https://mfame.guru/4-weeks-preparation-needed-before-sailing-cruise-ships/

FONASBA celebrates 50th Anniversary

The Baltic Exchange

FONASBA celebrates 50th Anniversary

Fifty years ago today, on 23rd April 1969, delegates representing Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and (as it was then) West Germany, met at the offices of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers in the Baltic Exchange in the heart of the City of London, to form the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents. Fast forward half a century and whilst in some respects...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/23/fonasba-celebrates-50th-anniversary/

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