South Korea’s shipbuilding major Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding, has denied recent […]
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Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) celebrated the start of 2024 with the introduction of another new 24,000+ TEU containership.
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that failure by its mate to maintain a proper lookout and conducting maintenance on critical equipment while underway led to an October 28, 2022 fishing vessel collision with an MSC containership.
No injuries were reported. Damage to the vessels was estimated at $6.25 million and the fishing vessel eventually sank..
On Oct. 28, 2022, while the 1,066-foot containership MSC Rita was transiting southbound in the Atlantic Ocean, 55 miles southeast...
Underscoring the continuing threats facing commercial shipping in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command has reported on two attacks by Houthis on the Maersk Hangzhou containership. In the second, ten Houthis died.
USS GRAVELY shoots down two anti-ship ballistic missiles while responding to Houthi attack on merchant vessel.
Today at approximately 8:30 p.m. (Sanaa time), the container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU reported that they were struck by a missile while transiting the Southern Red Sea. The… pic.twi...
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China’s shipping company COSCO Shipping Development has taken delivery of two 700 TEU electric containerships built by COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou), part of COSCO Shipping Group.
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Classification society Korean Register (KR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) for the methanol dual-fuel retrofit design of HMM’s 16,000 TEU containership.
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Belgian maritime innovator Zulu Associates has revealed a new concept design of its 200 TEU autonomous short sea container vessel, the Zulu MASS, featuring an auxiliary wind assistance system.
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Tianjin Base of Dalian Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has started construction on the new LNG-powered 16,000 TEU containership ordered by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company.
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German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is eyeing a potential 4,500 TEU newbuilding vessel with wind-assisted propulsion as part of the company’s R&D activities involving alternative technologies and fuels.
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COSCO Heavy Industry Shanghai Co. Ltd. has signed a contract with MAN Energy Solutions for the methanol retrofit of four main engines from COSCO Line 13,800 TEU Camellia class and 20,000 TEU Virgo class vessels. The vessels are currently powered by single-fuel MAN B&W 11S90ME-C10.5 engines that will be retrofitted to dual-fuel MAN B&W 11S90ME-LGIM10.5 units capable of operating on fuel-oil or methanol.
The ships will be the first vessels in COSCO’s fleet to sail on methanol.
The contract also...