container ships

Port of Houston sees bigger ships to its facilities

The investments in Port Houston’s channel are beginning to provide results, as with the completion of the widening and deepening of its Bayport Channel and work on the Bayport flare, Port Houston saw growth in the size of ships calling its container facilities.

Namely, Port Houston will receive its largest container ship to date, a 9,500 TEU vessel Port Commission Chairman of the Port of Houston Authority Janiece Longoria announced.

In addition, during July the port recorded the largest number of...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-houston-sees-bigger-ships-to-its-facilities/

THE Alliance and Ocean Alliance combine Mediterranean-US east coast service

Two major alliances on the container shipping sector announced a strategic cooperation with combination of operations in Mediterranean-US East Coast service, to deliver a more efficient and comprehensive service quality.

Namely, THE Alliance, comprising the recently formed Japanese venture Ocean Network Express (ONE), German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd, and Chinese Yang Ming, will cooperate with members of The Ocean Alliance, China Cosco Shipping, French giant CMA CGM, and Chinese OOCL, to...

https://safety4sea.com/the-alliance-and-ocean-alliance-combine-mediterranean-us-east-coast-service/

Del Monte orders new container ships

Fresh produce giant announces the order of six energy efficient container vessels for its Central America-US shipping services

Fresh Del Monte has entered into a definitive agreement for the building of six boxships, to serve its ocean transportation lanes between Central American and South American, and US ports.

This ship building programme will initially replace the company’s entire US east coast fleet of vessels, with the first ship delivery estimated in late 2019, and will eventually be...

http://container-news.com/del-monte-container-ships/

Venta Maersk docks at Bremerhaven after sailing through Northern Sea Route

Venta Maersk, the first container ship that travelled through the Northern Sea Route, docked at Bremerhaven on September 22. The vessel started its voyage on August 23 from Vladivostok and was using ultra low sulphur fuel during the voyage. Venta Maersk left Bremerhaven on September 23, heading to its final destination: St. Petersburg.

The ship is carrying frozen fish and travelled through the Northern Sea Route until the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, before travelling along the...

https://safety4sea.com/venta-maersk-docks-at-bremerhaven-after-sailing-through-northern-sea-route/

IUMI: Outlook for marine cargo insurance remain challenging

Sean Dalton, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Cargo Committee Chair, reported that the marine cargo market is still the largest commercial marine line of business in terms of premium income. However, 2017 was the worst year for natural catastrophe losses in the history of the insurance industry.

IUMI’s 2017 statistics indicated global cargo premiums amounting to US$16.1 billion. Worldwide, the cargo line has been unprofitable for several years with rising loss ratios and...

https://safety4sea.com/iumi-outlook-for-marine-cargo-insurance-remain-challenging/

Maersk Considers Sending Container Ship Through Arctic But Questions Remain


The Danish shipping company, Maersk, the world’s largest operator of container shipping, is studying the feasibility to position an ice-class container ship on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to operate between Far East Asia and Northern Europe. In statements made to High North News, Maersk confirmed that the company considers Arctic passage as an option for its new 3,600 container ice-class vessels, which will operate in the North and Baltic Seas. The company is currently conducting a study on...

http://www.highnorthnews.com/maersk-considers-sending-container-ship-through-arctic-but-questions-remain/

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