Container Shipping

UPDATE 2: 22 July Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg report that their container vessel MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” is currently being

A fire believed to have originated in a container has left the Hansa Brandenburg containership burning and adrift in the Indian Ocean near the island of

By Gavin van Marle, The last remaining major South American shipping line, Chile’s CSAV, is beginning to reap the benefits of a concerted change in

With the first container terminals on Rotterdam’s newly reclaimed Maasvlakte II set to open next year, the Dutch port – Europe’s largest

Today's ship photos are from Busan, South Korea where Maersk Lines' first Triple-E and the world's largest ship, MV Mærsk McKinney-Møller, has departed

Awkwardly perched on cargo ships such as the Zhen Hua 24 are new and bigger cranes destined be installed at shipping ports around the world. The recent

The world's largest ship, the MV Mærsk McKinney-Møller, officially entered service today after commencing its maiden voyage in Busan, South Korea,

By Michael Grey I may have been taken to task for blaming the cargo (weights) for breaking the MOL Comfort in half, but I am probably on a safer

The mighty Emma Maersk is ready to return to service nearly 6 months after a damaged stern thruster caused her to take on water and lose power in the Suez

July 11 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose to its highest in three months in Copenhagen

The MOL Comfort saga has come to an end. According to an emailed report by the Indian Coast Guard, the burned out wreck parted her tow line and disappeared

Images just sent to us via an anonymous gCaptain contributor showing damage to the RHL Fidelitas containership after she allegedly collided with a bulk

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk In a chat with the Indian Coast Guard this morning, they note that the the fire on board the fore section

SEOUL, July 9 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won an order worth 481.2 billion Korean won ($417.61

With the first of Maersk’s Triple-E container ships, the Maersk McKinney Moller, due to be officially delivered to the line tomorrow by shipbuilder

Japanese classification society ClassNK issued a statement today on the ongoing investigation into what might have gone wrong with the ill-fated containership,

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and its two main rivals may have their best chance yet to boost profit, say European shipping investors and banks. The key: joining

China International Marine Containers Group (2039:HK) announced today they have signed a USD $595.00 million newbuild contract with Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC)

Fears that the UK is heading towards an era of sustained overcapacity in its major container ports may have been overcooked, according to a leading industry

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering chartered a helicopter to fly around their latest creation, the 18,000 TEU Mærsk McKinney-Møller, as she went