Α team of three Maersk employees, who are former seafarers, decided to undertake an innovative project that could store and deliver fresh water from vessels to ports, aiming to provide a solution for fresh water scarcity faced by regions all over the world.
Cargo ships undertaking global trade are equipped with fresh water generator systems that produce clean drinking water by distilling sea water using heat energy harnessed from their engines. Traditionally, this system has been used to...
United States forces have shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile that Houthi rebels allegedly fired at a Maersk ship in the Gulf of Aden.
The US-flagged 2,500 TEU Maersk Yorktown was being escorted by the US Navy as it carried out feedering between Oman and Djibouti.
US Central Command said that the ABSM was shot down at 3 am Yemen time on 9 April.
It said, “The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Maersk Yorktown, a US-flagged, US-owned vessel being escorted by US warships USS Laboon (DDG 58) and...
https://container-news.com/maersk-ship-dodges-houthi-missile/
Three Maersk employees, all former seafarers, have come up with a system to deliver fresh water from vessels to ports. The project optimises an existing fresh water generation system onboard container vessels to further store and deliver it in tank containers to ports and regions facing scarcity...
https://splash247.com/maersk-unveils-novel-way-ships-can-deliver-fresh-water-to-parched-ports/
Danish container line Maersk has unveiled upgrades to its ME2 service, extending its operations to North Europe.
The ME2 service, formerly turning in the Mediterranean (Algeciras and Tangiers), is undergoing expansion. This revamped service will broaden its reach from West India into North Europe.
The revised ME2 rotation will be as follows:
Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates) – Mundra (India) – Jawaharlal Nehru (India) – Port Tangiers (Morocco) – Algeciras (Spain) – Rotterdam (Netherlands) –...
https://container-news.com/maersk-enhances-me2-service-expanding-operations-to-north-europe/
Maersk marked a significant achievement with the arrival of the large methanol-enabled vessel “Astrid Mærsk” at Yangshan Port in Shanghai.
This milestone event signifies the inaugural green methanol bunkering alongside cargo and bunkering operations in China, facilitated through collaboration with the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).
As Maersk commemorates a century of serving China’s foreign trade, the event highlights the company’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions in the...
https://container-news.com/astrid-maersks-first-ever-green-methanol-bunkering-in-china/
Danish shipping company Maersk has announced updated and new peak season surcharges from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to several African destinations.
Maersk will increase its Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) for shipments from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to Gambia for all container types from 15 April, as follows:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore | Gambia | Per container | All 20 DRY and REEFER | US$... |
By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S is contesting a process held by South Africa’s state logistics firm Transnet SOC Ltd. to find a partner to develop sub-Saharan…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-contests-transnets-pick-for-south-african-port-partner/
A.P. Moller – Maersk inaugurated its brand new warehouse in Sri Lanka at Wattala, spread over 9,300m².
Present at the inauguration were Vikash Agarwal, Managing Director of Maersk South Asia, Biju Ravi, Head of Maersk Sri Lanka, Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake, Deputy Chairman & Managing Director of Aitken Spence PLC, and other leaders.
“Our new warehouse in Sri Lanka represents a strategic milestone in our commitment to strengthen our operations in the country. By leveraging Sri Lanka’s growing...
https://container-news.com/maersk-opens-new-warehouse-in-sri-lanka/
Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply. I thought I had this week’s column nailed well in advance, but offshore is an industry especially susceptible to unexpected and hard to predict “events”. So, we must […]
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A feeder service out of Constanta in Romania has delivered the first containers since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to Chornomorsk port in what is intended to be a regular service to the greater Odessa region.
T-Mare, a Panamanian flagged general cargo vessel owned by Marshall Islands registered Majoris Trading, was chartered on 1 February, according to VesselsValue data, by Turkish forwarder Sea Pioneer Denizcilik to operate a feeder service between Constanta and Odessa.
The vessel made its...
https://container-news.com/first-containers-for-two-years-arrive-in-odessa/