LILAC Container Fire Blamed on Undeclared Dangerous Goods
An incorrect declaration of the contents – omitting that the contents were Dangerous Goods under the IMDG code - was a major contributing factor to a
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An incorrect declaration of the contents – omitting that the contents were Dangerous Goods under the IMDG code - was a major contributing factor to a
Chilean shipper Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said on Tuesday it agreed with a consortium of banks to take on $347 million in loans to help pay for the
Danish shipper Maersk Line, part of oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to make another attempt in November to lift freight rates and make them
Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) announced Monday that it has exercised options for the construction of five 10,000 TEU class containerships at subsidiaries of
Crews in South Africa responded over weekend to a fire that broke out in the cargo hold of a fully-laden containership which was at anchor just off the Port of
Danish toy brick building group Lego has unveiled its plans for a Lego-version of Maersk Line's record breaking Triple-E, aka the world largest
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — Maersk Line, the container unit of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, said annual growth in the industry may be as low as 3 percent, forcing
More than 42,000 members of the public have already signed up to tour the world's largest ship in Copenhagen,
New regulations that will make it mandatory for containers to be weighed – or have their stated weight otherwise verified – are set to be
CSCL announced today the sale of two containerships to CIC Digang for their eventual scrapping. The two vessels are the Xiang Hu and the Xiang Kai, both
By Gavin van Marle, Back in June, The Loadstar published a story which quoted a European forwarder who believed that the 1 July general rate increase
MV Mary Maersk, the third installment of Maersk Line's massive Triple-E class, quietly commenced her maiden voyage this week from Busan, South Korea with about
When salvage teams begin hauling the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on the Italian island of Giglio next week, the financial stakes for insurers will be
Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: CPLP) announced today the acquisition of three newly-built 5,023 TEU containerships from Capital Maritime & Trading
China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC) announced today a new build order for two 8,800 TEU container vessels with associated 204 month charter
A new video has surfaced on youtube showing, allegedly, the recent attack on the COSCO Asia containership in the Suez
Maersk Line reports this morning that the fire on board the Maersk Kampala has finally been put out by the onboard fire-fighting teams with support from
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose the most in more than two weeks in Copenhagen
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today they have been awarded a 113,200,000,000 KRW (USD $103 million) newbuild order for new containerships from an undisclosed
By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Who would have thought a container shipping firm could rally as many Facebook “likes” as a
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