The nautical take on erecting a residence out of cargo containers.
Comfort and safetyNothing is worse for the nouveau riche than realising the old guard at the yacht club doesn’t actually respect them. Buy this elegant $72 million pleasure vessel instead of those other old-money jumpers so you can really put them in their place. This is the Vard 1-08 Kilkea, a “pedigree-builder” superyacht formerly a container ship.
VARD 1- 08 KILKEA has unmatched seakeeping...
A 100 m long, 4,500 gt modern container feeder ship ran aground on the coast while trading between a group of islands. The vessel was on her home run serving on a scheduled loop.
The grounding occurred at full speed only about 5 nm off her port of call, and in the early morning with an officer on watch standing navigational watch on a six-hour duty turn.
Visibility was good, weather and sea rough but with no impact on the casualty. The vessel was salvaged by...
https://mfame.guru/poor-bridge-team-management-lead-serious-grounding/
With the drastic shift of foreign trade towards eastern countries and the challenges brought by the sanctions and withdrawal of some western operators from Russia, the issue of creating our own transport fleet has become acute. The most crucial shortage is seen in the segment of bulkers and container ships. According to the Russian Ministry of Transport, container ships of up to 3,000 TEU are most needed in the container segment.
Demand Escalation“The demand is...
https://mfame.guru/crucial-shortage-witnessed-in-container-and-bulker-ships/
The List includes:
| RTM TASMAN | Bulk Carrier |
| FIONA | Container Ship |
| CMA CGM CONCORDE | Container Ship |
| HMM GARAM | Container Ship |
| EBONY RAY | Chemical Tanker |
| AKRANES | Ro-Ro Cargo |
| MARY A | Oil/Chemical Tanker |
| COSCO SHIPPING SOLAR | Container Ship |
| PRESINGE TRADER | Bulk Carrier |
| FRIEDRICH OLDENDORFF | Bulk Carrier |
| WORLD CREST | Bulk Carrier |
| BRO NUUK | Oil/Chemical Tanker |
| GIJON KNUTSEN | Oil Products Tanker |
| ROTTE... |
https://mfame.guru/watch-high-traffic-of-ultra-large-container-ships/
A recent news article published in the Baird Maritime news source states that ‘No apparent end to blazing boxes [ grey power].
Powerful consortium of technical expertiseIt is both good news and a recognition of a long-felt need that a powerful consortium of technical expertise is being put to work to address the worrying problem of fires in containers. There is, apparently, a serious conflagration in a container about every five weeks while there are fires that are easier to extinguish on a more...
The largest container vessel in the world, manufactured by China State Shipbuilding Corporation, was handed over to a client on Wednesday, in Shanghai. As per reports, the container ship will ply from the Far East to Europe.
A first of its kind, the gigantic ship has a carrying capacity of 24,000 TEUs. Designed by the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, the Ever Alot is 399.99 metres long and 61.5 m broad. Its length exceeds that of the world’s largest aircraft and it is wider than three...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/the-worlds-biggest-24000-teu-container-ship-delivered/
On 28 July 2021, the world’s largest container vessel set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation, Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS). This consolidated solution provides maximum reliability with a minimal footprint.
Cleaning to match 80 MW of engine power
Ever Ace is the first of 12 vessels planned for Evergreen’s record-breaking A Class, which comprises container vessels of nearly 24,000 TEU capacity. Powered...
On January 5, China Shipbuilding Leasing provided financing, Construction of the first 16,000TEU container ship, the largest container ship built in South China so far, undertaken by Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, started smoothly. So far, China Ship Leasing has achieved a three-point combo of picking up ships in the new year, starting construction and signing contracts.
At the same time, on January 4, China Shipbuilding Leasing...
While sailing to South Korea from Portland, the SM Busan on Christmas Eve lost power and was drifting constantly for two days before the tug boats escorted it to Constance Bank. It was later moved to Ogden Point when strong winds died.
Crew members on the Korean container vessel started draining oil from the massive vessel on Monday so critical mechanical repairs may get underway, informed a Greater Victoria Harbour Authority spokesman. The 304-metre-long SM Busan, loaded with containers, is...
On December 29, China’s first and world’s largest 24000TEU container ship was successfully undocked at No. 1 Dock at Hudong Zhonghua Changxing Shipbuilding Base under China State Shipbuilding Corporation, marking another major breakthrough made by China Shipbuilding Industry in the field of ultra-large container ship construction.
It is worth mentioning that on December 17, China’s first large-scale cruise ship successfully achieved the milestone node of floating in the dock at Waigaoqiao...