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Crowley's Update #4 on Stena Immaculate Incident In The North Sea
Crowley continues to work closely with U.K. agencies to support response operations resulting from container ship Solong striking the Crowley-managed tanker Stena Immaculate while at anchor on Monday, March 10. A fire onboard the Stena …
Mar 13, 2025 / Accidents
Maiden call of CMA CGM IRON in Singapore: first delivery of a Korean-built series of 12 new generation dual-fuel methanol 13,000 TEUs vessels
Twelve cutting-edge 13,000 TEUs containerships to be delivered by Hyunday Samho Heavy Industries in 2025 and 2026. Issued from a technological cooperation with a major Korean shipyard, this is a new milestone on the CMA CGM Group’s path towards …
Mar 5, 2025 / Vessels
PIL receives delivery of its third 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel
The vessel was named Kota Ebony and marks the third of four such vessels delivered as part of the company’s fleet renewal programme Pacific International Lines (PIL) has received delivery of its third 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel …
Feb 21, 2025 / Vessels
Nuclear-Electric Propelled Vessel Design from HD KSOE Earns ABS Approval
A pioneering nuclear-propelled containership designed by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received approval in principle from ABS. Caption: Sangmin Park, Senior Vice President, HD KSOE, with Patrick Ryan, ABS Senior …
Feb 20, 2025 / Curious
Maiden Call of The Great Casablanca from Grimaldi in Amsterdam
On February 10th, the vessel - The Great Casablanca - from the Grimaldi Group docked for the first time in the Port of Amsterdam. This impressive Container/RoRo ship is 250 meters long, 38 meters wide, and has no fewer than 12 decks. It boasts …
Feb 17, 2025 / Vessels
Evergreen adds eleven 24,000 teu box ships to its orderbook
Evergreen is to spend more than $3bn on another series of 24,000 teu ultra-large containerships. The Taiwanese mainline operator said yesterday it had commissioned 11 ships, priced between $265m and $295m each; six to be built by South Korean …
Feb 14, 2025 / Vessels
OOCL Names its Third 16,828 TEU Container Vessel, OOCL Sunflower
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) celebrated the naming of its third brand new 16,828 TEU container vessel OOCL Sunflower at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) on Saturday (Jan 11, 2025) OOCL Sunflower was named and blessed …
Jan 13, 2025 / Vessels
Global Ship Lease Announces Agreement to Acquire Four High-Reefer ECO Containerships on Multi-Year Charters, with 10-Year Financing Committed
Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (GSL), an owner of containerships, announced today that it has contracted to purchase four high-reefer ECO-9,115 TEU containerships (the “Newly Acquired Vessels”) with an average age of 8.5 years for an aggregate …
Dec 5, 2024 / Vessels
OOCL Celebrates the Naming of its First 16,828 TEU Vessel, OOCL Bauhinia
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) has announced the naming of its first brand new 16,828 TEU container vessel, the OOCL Bauhinia, at a ceremony held today at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard. This vessel is …
Dec 3, 2024 / Vessels
HMM introduces Korea’s first LNG-powered container ships
South Korea’s leading shipping company HMM has announced the introduction of the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container ships, marking a major step toward achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. The initiative is part of …
Nov 26, 2024 / Vessels