megaships

Less than two months after the MOL Triumph earned the title of the world’s largest containership by carrying capacity as the first ship to cross the

The 20,170 teu MOL Triumph became the largest ship to ever visit the UK when it docked at the port of Southampton earlier today. MOL Triumph is the first

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines yesterday shrugged off accusations that bigger ships and alliances would lead to less choice

Japanese container shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of the MOL Triumph, the new ‘world’s biggest containership’

APM Terminals on Wednesday revealed plans to bring so-called ‘megaships’ to the Port of New York and New Jersey with a massive increase to its

Norwegian ship owner Ocean Yield has taken delivery of the MSC Eloane, a 19,500 TEU megaship built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessel has

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) – For Captain Dick S. Danielsen, the childhood dream has been to sail the world’s biggest ships. The

By Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — It was always going to be tough for the world’s container shipping lines — accustomed to decade after decade

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — As ocean carriers reel from a disastrous first half this year, they seem to have lost lost their appetite for ordering

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Japanese classification society ClassNK is claiming a “world-first” breakthrough finding in the required crack

Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wärtsilä says it will be providing the engines for six 21,000 TEU containerships being built in China. Wärtsilä

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The continuing cost-per-slot supremacy of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) was called into question by speakers

By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — In December, the quarter-mile-long Benjamin Franklin became the largest cargo ship ever to dock at a U.S. port. Five

By Captain George Livingstone [su_box title=”Author’s Note”] I have accepted an invitation from the good folks at gCaptain to

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s Hutchison Port Holdings Trust predicts more mega ships will call at its Shenzhen port to move

Qatari natural gas producer Qatargas, United Arab Shipping Company and Shell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – According to the latest data collated by Dynaliners, there are 37 ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) of over 18,000

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – If losses continue and ocean carriers persist in focusing only on reducing costs rather than improving revenue per teu,

A simulation study on the operational and financial impacts of ‘megaships’ with a carrying capacity of more than 18,000 TEU on lines,

By Capt. George H Livingstone, The recent grounding of the Ultra Large Container Vessel “CSCL Indian Ocean” got me thinking again about the relatively