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BIMCO: Container terminal industry will remain profitable in 2019

BIMCO shares its thoughts on key issues and trends that are likely to affect the container ports and terminals sector during 2019. Namely, BIMCO touches upon demand, capacity, ships, IT, supply chain and profit, to see what this year might bring.

Regarding demand, BIMCO expects a softening of the global container port demand growth rate, down from 4.7% in 2018 to just over 4% in 2019. Nevertheless, the projection for 2019 is very uncertain because of the US-China tariff wars, Brexit and other...

https://safety4sea.com/bimco-container-terminal-industry-will-remain-profitable-in-2019/

VesselsValue: Which ship types dominate buying opportunities in 2019

Containers and LPG tankers are expected to be the market winners for the coming year, although the overall outlook for shipping asset prices remains bright, VesselsValue said in its latest forecast on shipping market for Q1 2019 to Q1 2020, presenting some of the reasons why it believes some ships are more likely to appreciate.

Container ships

  • Container ships have dominated the buying opportunities over the past several quarters, and many have taken advantage of this trend to make carefully...

https://safety4sea.com/vesselsvalue-which-ship-types-dominate-buying-opportunities-in-2019/

43 containers still to be located after MSC Zoe overboard incident

The Dutch Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management Rijkswaterstaat and Geneva-based shipping giant MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) have located a total of 238 out of the 281 containers that were lost overboard the mega container ship ‘MSC Zoe’ last week.

The 19,224 TEU container ship MSC Zoe lost 281 containers during the night from January 1 to January 2 in North sea due to heavy weather, north of Borkum, Germany. The ship was heading from Sines, Portugal, to Bremerhaven,...

https://safety4sea.com/43-containers-still-to-be-located-after-msc-zoe-overboard-incident/

Human errors led to ships collision in Corsica

According to investigators the watch officer on board the Tunisian vessel Ulysse was talking on his phone, while the watch officer on the container ship Virginia did not attend to radar alarms. This caused the collision between the two ships in Corsica on October 7, which also led to an oil spill.

The container ship ‘CSL Virginia’ collided with the ferry ‘Ulysse’ near Corsica on Sunday, October 7. After the collision, the container ship’s hull was ruptured. As a result, a bunker spill of around...

https://safety4sea.com/human-errors-led-to-ships-collision-in-corsica/

MSC to pay the full cost for MSC Zoe clean up

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announced that it will pay the full costs of the clean-up of the 2 January MSC Zoe container spill. The company will continue searching the sea for the containers which fell overboard, ‘until the last one is found’.

The mega container ship MSC Zoe lost over 200 containers during the night from January 1 to January 2 in North sea during rough weather, north of Borkum, Germany. The ship was heading from Sines Portugal to Bremerhaven Germany.

As of now, reports...

https://safety4sea.com/msc-to-pay-the-full-cost-for-msc-zoe-clean-up/

Oil spill from Maersk container ship during bunkering

An oil spill has occurred from the container ship Maersk Gateshead on January 6, in Hong Kong, at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal, where the ship was docked. Clean up operations have started but the exact amount of the oil spill is not known.

The oil spill took place as Maersk Gateshead was conducting bunkering operations while at berth at Modern Terminal Limited in Hong Kong.

Because of the leakage, bunkering operations were stopped to prevent further spill.

After that, clean-up operations begun,...

https://safety4sea.com/oil-spill-from-maersk-container-ship-during-bunkering/

Netherlands deploys troops to help in MSC Zoe clean up operation

The Dutch Government decided to deploy troops in order to help in the clean up operation for the over 200 containers that fell from the MSC Zoe containership on January 2.

Relevant authorities are warning people not to touch the containers, as some of them contain dangerous chemical substances.

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The mega container ship MSC ZOE lost over 200 containers during the night from January 1 to January 2 in North sea during rough weather, north of Borkum, Germany. The...

https://safety4sea.com/netherlands-deploys-troops-to-help-in-msc-zoe-clean-up-operation/

MSC starts clean up operation after containers fall from container ship

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company informed that it has started a clean-up operation in response to a substantial spill of containers in the North Sea. Namely, the mega container ship MSC ZOE lost over 200 containers during the night from January 1 to January 2 in North sea during rough weather.

As of now, reports mention that 18 containers have been located, while 7 were washed in Netherlands, in Vlieland and Terschelling area. Their content was scattered around, consisting of car parts and...

https://safety4sea.com/msc-starts-clean-up-operation-after-containers-fall-from-container-ship/

Port of Cabinda, Angola hits record in handling ships and containers in 2018

The Port of Cabinda in Angola handled 17.552 empty and full containers during 2018. This is an increase of 5.880 containers, equal to 50.3% as stated by the port’s Chairman.

Samuel Sambo, Chairman of the Port of Cabinda, announced the port’s record during a ceremony to celebrate the end of the year and future goals.

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Concerning the port’s shipping, 256 thousand and 101 tons were transferred. There were also 388 long-haul, cabotage and oil tankers, which...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-cabinda-angola-hits-record-in-handling-ships-and-containers-in-2018/

Baltic ports reach cargo turnover 5.6% in 11 months

In the first 11 months of 2018, all Baltic ports received and shipped 144.78 million tons of cargo, which surpassed the same period in 2017 by 5.6% or 7.665 million tons according to the Lithuanian Statistical Bureau.

Specifically, from the whole cargo-handling, 41.8% was reloaded in Latvia, 35.3% in Lithuania and 22.9% in Estonia.

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Moreover, the Latvian ports experienced a cargo increase over 5.9% or 3.346 million tons, to 60.50 million tons in the first 11...

https://safety4sea.com/baltic-ports-reach-cargo-turnover-5-6-in-11-months/

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