Container Shipping

This two-part series comes to us from Shipping TV‘s Chris Gosling who was aboard the tug Svitzer Stanford for the maiden call of the Triple-E

UAE-based DP World, one of the world’s biggest port operators, says it has reached a deal to acquire Maher Terminal’s Fairview Container Terminal in

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) revealed Wednesday that it has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Samsung Heavy

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has announced the delivery and inauguration of the MSC Oliver, the second ship in the company’s 19,224 TEU ‘Olympic

A Maersk containership ran aground in the Netherlands Tuesday morning as it approached the Antwerp area. Maersk Line spokesperson Michael Storgaard confirmed

France's CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipper, announced on Monday plans to order three giant vessels and said higher volumes and profit last

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany’s biggest container- shipping line, said it’s looking to the future “with optimism” after costs from merging with a unit of

Hapag-Lloyd's Chief Financial Officer Peter Ganz told the group's Supervisory Board today that he would be stepping down from his post and leaving the company

Maersk Line announced today an order for seven new 3,600 TEU containerships from COSCO Shipyard in Zhoushan China as part of a 5 year, USD $15 billion newbuild

As China's economic slowdown squeezes the global shipping industry, three of the country's biggest domestic cargo freighters likely skirted the losses that

The shipping company that helped cement Singapore’s status as a global trade hub may be shaping up as a takeover

The 19,224 TEU MSC Oliver returned from sea trials this weekend ahead of this month’s expected delivery to Mediterranean Shipping Company from the DSME

A MSC containership and a bulk carrier have been attacked in two separate but possibly related incidents in Southeast Asia waters off the coast of Indonesia,

Crowley Maritime Corporation says that it doing a good job of picking up the slack following Horizon Lines’ sudden departure from the Jones Act U.S.

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) has been fined NZD$55,000 (US$41,000) and ordered to pay NZD$25,000 in reparation to a stevedore who was

The Georgia Ports Authority welcomed the largest ship ever to call on the Port of Savannah this week when the ZIM Tianjin docked at Garden City Terminal. The

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 12.4 percent to $620 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

The U.S. Coast Guard has detained an MOL containership in Seattle over multiple significant violations discovered during port state control

With a nominal TEU capacity of 19,224, the MSC Oscar currently ranks in as the world’s largest containership. The ship right now is in the midst of its

German container shipper Hamburg-Süd expects to increase sales and volumes this year, Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing chief executive Ottmar