Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC)

MSC receives largest container ship in the world

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) built and delivered the largest container vessel in the world to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).

MSC Tessa has a container capacity of 24,116 TEUs and is the first of four same-size container ships purchased by the largest container line in the world.

According to Hudong-Zhonghua, a unit of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), the vessel is currently the world’s largest boxship in terms of TEU capacity.

The mega container vessel measures...

https://container-news.com/msc-receives-largest-container-ship-in-the-world/

Major container lines push up Europe and Med rates

Three of the largest container shipping companies in the world, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and CMA CGM have announced new rates from/to Europe and the Meditteranean, which will be effective from August and September.

Firstly, Hapag-Lloyd will implement an ocean tariff rate increase of US$800 per 20′ and 40′ standard container, including high cubes (HC), from the Middle East and Pakistan to the ports of Rotterdam and London Gateway in North Europe.

The new prices, taking effect on 1 September and valid...

https://container-news.com/major-container-lines-push-up-europe-and-med-rates/

MSC and Shell start shipping decarbonisation partnership

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) have announced a long-term collaboration over the decarbonisation in the global shipping sector.

The long-term memorandum of understanding (MoU) will help the two partners to play enhanced roles in the energy transformation of shipping, as developers and early adopters of innovative technologies and fuel solutions, according to an announcement.

By using innovative technologies including digital services...

https://container-news.com/msc-and-shell-start-partnership-for-decarbonising-shipping/

Port call optimisation: Two sides of the same coin

Good communications are critical for developing just-in-time ship calls at ports, giving both the lines and port facilities predictability as ships arrive.  To achieve this predictability the industry and academic authors of this article claim that a new business logic is needed.

In recent years strong emphasis has been placed on port call optimisation to facilitate just-in-time shipping. Diverse initiatives to standardise processes and communications conducted within the port, with visiting...

https://container-news.com/port-call-optimisation-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/

DCSA publishes eB/L standards

In an effort to accelerate the digitalisation process of the maritime industry the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), has published booking standards for cargo and the issuing of bills of lading (B/L).

Standardisation of digital processes will allow different company systems to access the necessary data and the DCSA has designed its B/L standards so that they are aligned with the UN/CEFACT’s (United  Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) multimodal transport...

https://container-news.com/dcsa-publishes-eb-l-standards/

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