Container Shipping

gCaptain’s full coverage of the global container shipping industry.


Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Costamare Enters $500 Million Joint Venture to Expand Fleet of Boxships
News

Costamare Enters $500 Million Joint Venture to Expand Fleet of Boxships

Athens-based containership owner/charterer, Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) announced today a new joint venture with investment advisor firm, York Capital

May 29, 2013
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Maersk’s 8.4 Billion Bananas Key for Profitable Ships

Maersk’s 8.4 Billion Bananas Key for Profitable Ships

The secret to making money in container shipping can be found in 8.4 billion

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 405

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Maersk Triple-E Ship at night
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Maersk Triple-E – A Detailed Look At The World’s Biggest Ship

Forty-thousand alarm clocks buzzed as one, waking an equal number of workers for work at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the world’s

May 28, 2013
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Ship Finance International
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Ship Finance International Places Order for Four Containerships

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) announced late last week their plans to build four 8,700 TEU container vessels at a major shipyard in Korea.

May 27, 2013
Total Views: 38

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sinoceanic shipping
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SinOceanic Shipping Orders 10 Newbuild Containerships

Oslo-based ship investment company, SinOceanic Shipping ASA, has entered into a contract with Jinhai Heavy Industries to build ten, 8,800 TEU state-of-the art

May 23, 2013
Total Views: 74

edith maersk
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Maersk CEO: “As Long as There’s Overcapacity, There Will be Price Wars”

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S Chief Executive Officer Nils Smedegaard Andersen said he’ll be forced to prolong cost cuts at the

May 23, 2013
Total Views: 106

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
M/V Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller under tow
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WATCH: Building The World’s Largest Ship in 50,000 Pics, PART TWO

Maersk Line has just released this time-lapse video of the Maersk Triple-E as a sequel to their first video of the vessel of the under construction at DSME in

May 22, 2013
Total Views: 67

Friday, May 17, 2013
maersk
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Maersk Line Seeks to Double Freight Rates Amid Weak Container Market

A.P. Moller-Maersk is "100 percent certain" it can more than double freight rates in July despite market weakness that has seen prices fall by a third since

May 17, 2013
Total Views: 189

Thursday, May 16, 2013
hapag-lloyd
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Hapag-Lloyd First-Quarter Loss Narrows, “Competition Remains Extremely Challenging”

May 15 (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG, Europe’s fourth- largest container-shipping line, said its first-quarter loss almost halved as freight rates

May 16, 2013
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
hapag lloyd hamburg sud
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Hamburg Süd – Hapag-Lloyd Merger Talks Put on Indefinite Hold

FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) – Hamburg Süd, Germany’s second-largest shipping group, said on Wednesday it did not expect to resume merger talks

May 15, 2013
Total Views: 234

neptune orient lines nol shipping
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14 New Ships to be Added to Neptune Orient Lines’ Containership Fleet

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest container-shipping company, said it will add more fuel-efficient ships this year to pare costs as a

May 15, 2013
Total Views: 169

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
neptune orient lines nol shipping
Finance

Off to a Better Start, Neptune Orient Lines Reports Q1 Profit

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest container-shipping company, posted a profit in the first quarter, helped by gains from selling its

May 14, 2013
Total Views: 38

Monday, May 13, 2013
Mærsk McKinney-Møller – Meet The World’s Largest Ship! [Multimedia Gallery]
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Mærsk McKinney-Møller – Meet The World’s Largest Ship! [Multimedia Gallery]

Early this month gCaptain was invited to DSME, the world's second largest shipyard, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the world's largest ship, the mighty Maersk

May 13, 2013
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Friday, May 10, 2013
maersk line triple-e containership
News

Largest Container Ships Help Hyundai Heavy Crack China

(Bloomberg) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. failed for eight years to win ship orders from China. That ended when it pledged to build the world’s

May 10, 2013
Total Views: 174

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Maersk Line Limited Invests $500 Million on Newer Ships

Maersk Line Limited Invests $500 Million on Newer Ships

The U.S.-flagged arm of Denmark-based Maersk Line says it is spending $500 million on the purchase and reflagging of eight newer and larger

May 7, 2013
Total Views: 169

Monday, May 6, 2013
Hyundai to Build World’s Largest Container Ships for CSCL
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Hyundai to Build World’s Largest Container Ships for CSCL

CSCL orders five 18,400 teu containerships from

May 6, 2013
Total Views: 532

Monday, April 29, 2013
Maersk Line Hires Microsoft Exec as New Chief Commercial Officer
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Maersk Line Hires Microsoft Exec as New Chief Commercial Officer

Maersk Line announced today they have hired Stephen Richard Schueler to replace Lucas Vos as Chief Commercial Officer, effective 27 May. Stephen is American,

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 97

china shipping container lines cscl
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CSCL to Build Five 18,000 TEU Containerships

In a stock exchange announcement over the weekend, China Shipping Container Lines has expressed their intentions to build five, 18,000 TEU containerships. The

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 82

Thursday, April 25, 2013
maersk madrid
Finance

Diana Containerships – Lessons Learned From The Disposal of Maersk Madrid

Bruised investors could learn a thing or

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 153

Leonhardt & Blumberg hansa marburg
News

German Containership Hansa Marburg Attacked Off Equatorial Guinea

The 23,416 dwt container ship “HANSA MARBURG” was attacked by criminal gangs about 130 nautical miles southwest of the Port of

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 128