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Thursday, May 22, 2014
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Maritime News

US Coast Guard Recruits 11,400 TEU Containership for Emergency Tow Drill – PHOTOS

As bigger and bigger containerships are now calling on U.S. ports, the U.S. Coast Guard, along with the San Francisco Bar Pilots, local tug workgroup members

May 22, 2014
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Finance

Maersk Profit Jumps on Lower Costs, Higher Shipping Volumes

By Christian Wienberg May 21 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s container- shipping line, the world’s largest, said first-quarter profit more

May 21, 2014
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Maritime News

IMO Approves SOLAS Amendments for Container Weight Verification

The International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved long-awaited changes to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 20

Monday, May 19, 2014
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Finance

Israel Corp Shareholders To Vote On Zim Shipping’s $3 Billion Restructuring

JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) – Israel Corp shareholders are set to vote on a $3 billion restructuring plan by the conglomerate’s shipping offshoot

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 14

Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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Maritime News

Hapag-Lloyd Loss Widens on CSAV Takeover Cost, Low Freight Rates

By Nicholas Brautlecht May 13 (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany’s biggest container line, said its first-quarter loss widened as the takeover of

May 13, 2014
Total Views: 1

Monday, May 5, 2014
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Interesting

Maersk Line Limited to Reduce Headcount and Restructure

An internal Maersk Line Limited (MLL) memo sent to gCaptain indicates changes are on the horizon for the Norfolk, Virginia-based U.S. flagged shipping company.

May 5, 2014
Total Views: 31

Friday, May 2, 2014
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Maritime News

Rickmers Maritime Presses on, Hopes for Market Recovery in 2015

According to Clarkson Research, global trade growth is projected to reach around 6.0 percent in 2014 as compared to 4.9 percent growth in 2013, yet with a

May 2, 2014
Total Views: 2

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Maritime News

Hanjin and Hyundai Must Sell Assets and Cut More Costs to Survive

By Mike Wackett, Against the continued toxic mix of oversupply and weak demand, cash-strapped ocean carriers are being forced to consider every creative

May 2, 2014
Total Views: 16

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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Maritime News

2013 Was a Tough Year for China Shipping

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) released their 2013 annual report today, and with it, revealed a year that showed major financial losses to the company

April 29, 2014
Total Views: 19

Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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Blog

Video: Looking Up at The World’s (Once) Largest Containership

Here’s a video showing the CMA CGM Marco Polo as it is towed into the port of Hamburg at night. With 16,020 TEU capacity, the MV CMA CGM Marco

April 22, 2014
Total Views: 8

CSAV, Hapag-Lloyd Merger Deal Clears Hurdle

CSAV, Hapag-Lloyd Merger Deal Clears Hurdle

SANTIAGO, April 21 (Reuters) – A significant majority of shareholders in Chilean shipper Compania SudAmericana de Vapores lent their support to the

April 22, 2014
Total Views: 2

Monday, April 21, 2014
Port of Los Angeles Shipments Jump Most Since 2007
News

Port of Los Angeles Shipments Jump Most Since 2007

Container shipments through the port of Los Angeles climbed in March by the most in seven years as commerce rebounded after disruptions caused by the Chinese

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 6

Containership’s Arrival Marks Start of New Great Lakes-European Trade Route
News

Containership’s Arrival Marks Start of New Great Lakes-European Trade Route

With the arrival of a 450-foot containership in the port of Cleveland Friday night, a new trade route linking the Great Lakes region with northern Europe was

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 21

Friday, April 18, 2014
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Maritime News

China Orders Containerships from Tsuneishi

Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding has received newbuild orders this week for four 1,020 TEU containerships from the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 13

Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Maritime News

For Ultra-Large Boxships, LNG Fuel May be the Key to Cutting Costs

By Mike Wackett Bigger and bigger ships operating at slower and slower speeds across the tradelanes of the world are testament to the single-minded desire of

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 8

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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Maritime News

CSAV and Hapag-Lloyd Sign Deal For Business Tie-Up

SANTIAGO/FRANKFURT, April 16 (Reuters) – Chilean shipper Compania SudAmericana de Vapores on Wednesday said it has signed a binding deal with

April 16, 2014
Total Views: 18

Monday, April 14, 2014
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Maritime News

JMU to Build Eight 14,000 TEU Containerships for NYK

Japan Marine United has won an order from NYK Line today to build eight 14,000 TEU boxships at their Kure Shipyard.  According NYK, the ships are to be

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 32

Thursday, April 10, 2014
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Maritime News

Box Carriers are in a Newbuilding ‘Arms Race’

By Gavin van Marle There is absolutely no sign that the overcapacity in container shipping is going to improve any time soon, according to a leading industry

April 10, 2014
Total Views: 5

Sunday, April 6, 2014
Cameras Roll as Hansa Containership Runs Aground in Hong Kong – VIDEOS
Maritime News

Cameras Roll as Hansa Containership Runs Aground in Hong Kong – VIDEOS

A 631-foot containership apparently veered off course while sailing in Hong Kong’s East Lamma Channel Sunday and ran straight into a sea wall leaving

April 6, 2014
Total Views: 405

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
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Maritime News

Maersk and China Shipping Expand Collaboration Talks

Following the signing of an MOU last month, the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is formally looking to expand discussions with China Shipping (Group) on the

April 2, 2014
Total Views: 7
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