By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The timing couldn’t be worse: with consumer demand lethargic and inventory stocks stubbornly high, ocean carriers are preparing to receive an armada of newbuild ultra-large…
https://gcaptain.com/wave-of-megaships-about-to-hit-the-water-as-container-shipping-demand-falters/
Hong Kong-based container shipping line Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has welcomed its first new ‘megaship’ with the naming ceremony of the OOCL Spain, the first in a series of…
https://gcaptain.com/oocl-welcomes-first-of-six-24000-teu-megaships/
By Karthikeyan Sundaram, Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India the world’s factory risks being held back by the country’s inability to attract…
https://gcaptain.com/indias-trade-goals-run-into-a-big-ship-problem/
Ever Ace, the world’s largest containership, transited the Suez Canal for the first time August 28, 2021. Ever Ace, built in 2021 for the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation,…
The CMA CGM Marco Polo is continuing its record-setting North American East Coast tour, docking today at the Port of Savannah after previous calls in Virginia, New York/New Jersey and…
This article was originally published on April 27, 2020. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2: Do…
This article was originally published in 2019. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2: Piloting a Megaship:…
Las terminales del puerto de Algeciras han atendido en lo que llevamos de 2020 la cifra de 100 megaships, como se denominan los buques portacontenedores con un GT superior a 175.000 toneladas y una capacidad para transportar entre 16.000 y 24.000 teus. Una marca significativa para el puerto porque es la primera vez que se logra antes de que acabe el verano, como explican desde Algeciras.
Será la escala del buque Mathilde Maersk, con capacidad para 18.000 contenedores procedente de Malasia y que...
http://elvigia.com/algeciras-alcanza-la-cota-de-100-megaships-atendidos-en-nueve-meses/
Flanked by stacks of boxes containing 200,000 respirator face masks, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said CMA CGM’s donation “reflects the power of partnerships.”
Garcetti thanked the French ocean carrier for the gift of the face masks to Logistics Victory Los Angeles at the Port of LA last week. The mayor in early April tapped Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka to serve as the city’s chief logistics officer and charged him with getting personal protective equipment essential in the fight...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cma-cgm-donates-200000-face-masks
By Captain George Livingstone – In the last decade, one of the biggest challenges faced by mariners and especially ship pilots around the world has been the introduction of the Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV). I’ve written on this subject before, it’s a very big topic, literally. To say the...