Dubai-based feeder boxship operator Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) has added to its fleet with the acquisition of 2007-built 3,7450 teu boxship from Hong Kong-headquartered Japanese owner Uni Asia. The vessel, which has been renamed GFS Perfect, was sold for $10m late last year according to...
https://splash247.com/global-feeder-shipping-adds-another-boxship/
Day six of the Suez blockage and some glimmer of hope that the giant 199,629 dwt containership could shift from its precarious position, aground straddling the Suez Canal. The Evergreen-operated boxship has been halting global trade since Tuesday when it veered starboard and became wedged in the...
https://splash247.com/evergreen-vessel-shifts-giving-hope-that-the-suez-could-be-unblocked-soon/
Ships are now heading in ever growing numbers towards the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the snarl-up in the Suez Canal with many operators warning the blockage caused by the 20,388 teu could last a considerable amount of time. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest...
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The 21st century version of the Suez crisis has now seen vessels diverting, heading around the Cape of Good Hope as shipping comes to grips with the full ramifications of a blocked key chokepoint in global trade. Efforts to dislodge the 20,388 teu , which is currently straddling Asia and Africa...
Taiwanese line Evergreen has confirmed an order for twenty 15,000 teu boxships at Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries. Evergreen had recently announced its intentions to order the twenty ships as part of its fleet expansion plans, with Samsung amongst the yards shortlisted that included Hudong...
https://splash247.com/samsung-heavy-wins-2-48bn-boxship-order-from-evergreen/
Taiwanese line Wan Hai Lines has confirmed an order at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for five 13,200 teu containerships. The new vessels will start delivering in first quarter of 2023 and will be the largest in Wan Hai’s fleet. “This new shipbuilding contract is the company’s latest fleet...
https://splash247.com/wan-hai-orders-five-13200-teu-boxships-at-hhi/
High tide passed Wednesday evening and the giant 20,388 teu still has not moved. Twisted starboard, its 399 m hull may be connecting continents, but at the same time it is halting global trade, with more than 100 ships now delayed and garnering more mainstream press for shipping than anything else...
https://splash247.com/6bn-and-counting-suez-snarl-up-stretches-into-third-day/
Gray Page’s James Wilkes argues shipping ought to be advertising its usefulness to the general public more often. Have you seen BIMCO’s video ‘Ships make the world go’? If you haven’t, can I recommend you check it out by clicking here? It is really good. Much better than the 30,688 views it has...
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An ultra large container ship operated by Evergreen ran aground on the Suez Canal on Tuesday, blocking traffic on one of the world’s most important waterways. A picture taken by crew onboard another ship in the canal, the Maersk Denver, shows the 2018-built 20,388 teu , which was en route from...
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The last boxships with the prefix of CSAV, a Chilean liner brand, are set to be renamed. Four 8,600 teu ships – the CSAV Tyndall, CSAV Toconao, CSAV Traiguen and CSAV Trancura – controlled by Zodiac Maritime and Eastern Pacific have been sold and chartered on to Maersk for a period of in excess of …
https://splash247.com/last-csav-ships-taken-on-charter-by-maersk/