Container Shipping

  BY Anurag Kotoky (Bloomberg) — A southern Indian port has established the nation’s newest facilities to handle the world’s largest ships. The

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The first international container ships began arriving in Iran this week after the nuclear deal between

Mediterranean Shipping Company celebrated the christening of one of the world’s biggest containerships, MSC Zoe, this weekend in Hamburg, Germany. The

The massive 15,500 TEU E-class containership EVELYN MAERSK caught on video departing the Port of Hamburg on the Elbe River bound for Bremerhaven,

  The 19,224 TEU MSC Zoe will be christened this Sunday in Hamburg, Germany, officially joining sister ships MSC Oscar and MSC Oliver for the title

  China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into agreements for the construction and purchase of eight 13,500 TEU capacity containerships. The

  SINGAPORE, July 30 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) swung to a tiny net profit in its second quarter after six

  CMA CGM Group has announced the delivery of the ultra-large containership CMA CGM VASCO DE GAMA on Monday from China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

  By Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT, July 15 (Reuters) – German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd is speeding up preparations for

  A 965-foot Hanjin containership came dangerously close to running aground in North Carolina after losing power near Bald Head Island. The U.S. Coast

COPENHAGEN, July 14 (Reuters) – Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, told its clients on Tuesday it would raise the freight

  CMA CGM Group has announced the christening of its newest and largest ship to date, the 18,000 TEU CMA CGM Georg Forster. The ship was christened during

  Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced Wednesday the signing of a newbuild contract with South Korea’s

  After successful sea trials, the world’s first widened containership – MSC Geneva – re-entered service this month sailing between

  A toxic mixture of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive commercial pricing is threatening liner shipping industry profitability for the rest of

Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the

Maritime regulators from the United States, China and the European Union agreed on Thursday to cooperate more closely to monitor increased tie-ups among

[contextly_sidebar id=”ZSOfcddaqQ4CioAklmhvvzUX1aKPD8Um”]Last year the Massive 2,992 TEU, 245 meter, containership OOCL Belgium was caught in the

Today’s ship photos are of five containerships that were once considered the world’s largest by TEU carrying capacity. The list starts with

Shipping freight rates on the world's busiest route, from Asia to Northern Europe, fell by the largest percentage amount since 2008, reflecting wild volatility