container ships

Container ship, ferry collide near Corsica

The container ship ‘CSL Virginia’ collided with the ferry ‘Ulysse’ near Corsica on Sunday, October 7. Both ships sustained damages, while no injuries have been reported.

At the time of the accident, ‘CSL Virginia’ was anchored north of Cap Corse, northern Corsica peninsula, when it was struck by ‘Ulysse’, which was heading from Genoa Italy to Tunis Tunisia.

The container ship sustained a several meters hull breach, with the ferry having damages to its bow.

After the collision responders from...

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Two container vessels sank in Asia

Two container ships, with a length of approximately 70 meters, sank in Asia.

The ship “Sam Ratulangi” ran aground on Thursday near Thongwa township in the country’s Yangon region. Coastguard, navy and police teams have been monitoring the ship since villagers first spotted it earlier in the week. When it finally came to a standstill after hitting a sandbar, a team entered the vessel and confirmed there was no one on board.

“No crew or cargo was found on the ship. It was quite puzzling how such a...

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Cargo ship sinks off Taiwan

The cargo ship ‘Ying Hai’ developed heavy starboard list in Penghu waters, off Taiwan, in October 2. The ship which was loaded with containers has sank on October 3 in Penghu.

‘Ying Hai’ experienced heavy starboard list in Penghu, southern Taiwan, on October 2. The vessel then developed list as a number of containers shifted during rough sea conditions.

After that Taiwan’s search and rescue agency was alerted, while the ship’s 9 crew got into search and rescue boats, following attempts to tow the...

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Drewry downgrades forecast for container demand

A worse world economic outlook and rising trade tensions have made Drewry to downgrade its forecast for container demand over the next five years, according its latest Container Forecaster.

Drewry’s supply and demand prognosis for carriers has gotten worse since the last report. Previously, the global supply-demand index was expected to take incremental steps upwards through 2022. The new forecasts suggest that the industry now may be stuck with the current over-supplied situation for several...

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Port of Rotterdam welcomes initiatives to increase container bundling

Port of Rotterdam Authority welcomed initiatives from companies including BCTN, Kramer and Waalhaven Group for more efficient transportation of containers between the Port of Rotterdam deepsea terminals and the hinterland.

Namely, BCTN is bundling freight in Alblasserdam from its eight terminals in the Netherlands and Belgium in order to offer point-to-point services to the deepsea terminals on Maasvlakte. Kramer and Waalhaven Group are bundling cargo at their own terminals in Rotterdam and...

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Cargo ship stranded off Bermuda

The US Coast Guard airdropped a large supply of supplies to a disabled cargo ship about 1380 miles southeast of Bermuda, Tuesday, and continues to monitor the situation. The 250-foot Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship, Alta, had 10 people onboard.

A 250-foot Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship, Alta, with 10 people onboard, became disabled while transiting from Greece to Haiti, and was unable to make repairs. The crew reported that they had enough food for two days and water for 15 days, and that there were...

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Venta Maersk calls at St. Petersburg concluding passage of Northern Sea Route

On Friday, 28 September 2018, Venta Maersk called the port of Saint Petersburg, Russia, after successfully completing a trial passage of the Northern Sea Route. Venta Maersk started her voyage on 22 August 2018 in the port of Vladivostok, Russia. The ship stopped in Vostochny Stevedoring Company and Busan, before passing through Bering Strait on 6 September 2018 on her way to Bremerhaven.

According to Maersk, the voyage went as planned and without specific incidents, as the vessel and all...

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Concor scraps coastal shipping tender

To float new tender soon with revised terms

Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor) has scrapped a tender to hire two container ships for 10 years to start coastal shipping business after the lowest bidder pulled out his quote before the Navratna company launched a reverse auction.

Reverse auction is a mechanism followed by state-run firms to gauge whether any of the qualified bidders are willing to offer a rate lower than the one discovered through the initial bidding process.

Mumbai-listed...

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HMM signs contracts for 20 eco-friendly mega boxships

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) informed that it has finalised the contracts for its twenty eco-friendly mega containerships with three shipyards. The order includes twelve above-20,000-TEU and eight 14,000-TEU mega boxships.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) will construct seven and five 23,000 TEU containerships, which will be delivered in the second quarter of 2020.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build eight 15,000 TEU containerships, which...

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JAXPORT set record in container volumes during August

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) achieved its highest monthly container volumes in August, moving nearly 115,700 TEUs. The previous JAXPORT monthly container record of 115,300 TEUs was set in December 2017.

JAXPORT’s container volumes increased 20% year–to–date in fiscal year 2018. Considering the volumes moving through private terminals, Jacksonville’s port will exceed last year’s record-setting 1.3 million TEUs.

The port’s Asian container volumes showed significant growth, up by 10%...

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