X-PRESS FEEDERS

Sea Consortium stretches newbuilding spree with 7,000TEU quartet

Sea Consortium, the parent of Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, has commissioned four 7,000TEU ships at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), with the contract signing ceremony held in Shanghai on 23 April via video-conferencing.

It is the second time in a month that Sea Consortium has ordered newbuildings. Earlier this month, the company was reported by ship brokers to have commissioned firm orders for three 3,100TEU ships from Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong Shipbuilding, with options...

https://container-news.com/sea-consortium-stretches-newbuilding-spree-with-7000teu-quartet/

Baltic Tern loses five containers in North Sea

The 1,600TEU boxship Baltic Tern has lost five containers at sea north of Ameland, The Netherlands, after experiencing difficulties due to heavy weather en route from the Port of St. Petersburg in Russia to the Port of Rotterdam.

Among the lost containers, there were two tank containers, one full of acetone, a low flash point chemical, and the other was carrying used cooking oil, according to Ron Corstanje, spokesman for the Dutch Coast Guard. Another lost container was carrying pellets, while...

https://container-news.com/baltic-tern-loses-five-containers-in-north-sea/

Career Tracks: World Shipping Council elects CEOs co-chairs

Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, and Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE, have been elected co-chairs of the board of directors of the World Shipping Council (WSC).

The board of directors also announced this week it had welcomed Matson Navigation and X-Press Feeders as new WSC members.

Jansen and Nixon have begun serving a two-year term as co-chairs. They succeeded Ron Widdows, who had served as the WSC chairman for more than a decade and previously announced his intention to step down once a...

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CNC Line and X-Press Feeders in mutual slot purchases

CMA CGM’s intra-Asia arm Cheng Lie Navigation (CNC Line) and Singapore-based feeder operator X-Press Feeders have entered into a mutual slot exchange on their respective South Korea-Japan services, in order to offer better coverage of the route. The arrangement began in early November 2020.

Firstly, CNC Line is buying slots on X-Press Feeders’ weekly Busan-Niigata X-Press (BNX) service, which connects South Korea’s busiest container port, Busan, with the western Japanese ports of Niigata,...

https://container-news.com/cnc-line-and-x-press-feeders-in-mutual-slot-purchases/

TS Lines revamps Asia and Australia services

Feeling bullish about market conditions, Taiwanese intra-Asia shipping specialist TS Lines is increasing capacity on new and existing services.

TS Lines will operate the China India West Coast X-Press (CWX) service with Korea Marine Transport Company (KMTC) and Singapore’s X-Press Feeders.

Beginning 26 October, six ships will operate the CWX service with capacities ranging from 4,200 to 5,000TEU, with X-Press Feeders deploying four ships and KMTC and TS Lines each contributing one vessel.

The...

https://container-news.com/ts-lines-revamps-asia-and-australia-services/

Indian Coast Guard addresses boxship fire eruption

The Indian Coast Guard has contained a fire that broke out on X-Press Godavari container ship at anchorage near Sandheads, 100km south of Haldia Port, on the morning of 28 September.

Unconfirmed reports say that the fire was caused by misdeclared or poorly packed containers, as the coast guard was alerted to the fire that had broken out in one container on the anchored 917TEU boxship.

The anchorage off Sandheads is located...

https://container-news.com/indian-coast-guard-addresses-boxship-fire-eruption/

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