containerships

UPDATE: Monday, 6pm EST: The sea has claimed the stern section of the stricken M/V Rena Tuesday morning (local time).  We’ve started a new post with

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34462285[/vimeo] In another big hint that digital and shareable media is fully spreading into the commercial shipping world, Maersk

UDPATED: January 2012 The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. WORLD TEU CAPACITY:

Knud E. Hansen Naval Architects and ABB unveiled a joint project yesterday for a highly efficient 2000 TEU container feeder vessel destined for Thailand.  By

Six carriers, nine services with fast transit times, improved port coverage / More than 90 ships, covering more than 40 ports in Asia, Europe and Mediterranean

Diana Containerships Inc. acquires two Panamax container vessels, signs US$100 Million Credit Facility With The Royal Bank of Scotland ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 19,

Aristides Pittas, Chairman and CEO of Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels, commented on the

By Eric Uhlfelder, Barron’s Cargo shippers are in the tank, thanks to slowing global economic growth and oversupplies of dry-bulk ships, which transport

Image courtesy Maersk By Flemming Emil Hansen, Dow Jones & Co COPENHAGEN—Shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S warned Wednesday that new

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. (011220.SE), South Korea’s No. 2 shipping company by revenue, said Wednesday it will invest KRW695

MSC BRUXELLES entering the Port of Charleston. Photo courtesy Port of Charleston Charleston, SC – South Carolina welcomed the largest container ship to

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, has no intention of exercising an option that would

SHANGHAI: The new generation of 10,000 TEU container vessels contracted in China by Seaspan represents major improvements in energy efficiency, cargo capacity,

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (N03.SG) said Wednesday it has signed letters of intent for the construction of 12 new container vessels

I was delivering a 40-foot sailboat up from Chesapeake Bay this week and as we were motoring past the shipping channels lanes leading in and out of New York,

Hanjin Shipping announced Monday it received the fourth vessel in a series of five container ships with capacities of 10,000TEU. The vessel, named

Emma Maersk – Photo By Tidewater Muse Emma Maersk The Emma Maersk is a true modern marvel. She is the world’s largest container ship, the longest

UPDATE:  According to a report from Tradewinds, the order could include 18,000-teu giants. SEOUL (Dow Jones)–South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding

Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV BBC Ems departed McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 13 after delivering more than 84,000 square feet of

As an update to our April 2009 blog post, NYK Line has released a new video outlining more details of their Super Eco Ship concept design. Highlights of this