Germany’s leading seaport on the tidal River Elbe is over 100 km from the North Sea. That’s a challenging situation for any of today’s mega-containerships. But when the tides are right, even the world’s biggest vessels ... continue reading

The largest-ever containership to dock in the Port of Hamburg made history on August 5. With a maximum capacity of 20,568 TEUs, the MUNICH MAERSK beat the previous record set in May this year by the MOL TRIUMPH at ... continue reading

Trieste December 14, 2016 Arrives today at the pier VII of the port of Trieste the "MSC PALOMA", the ship of 14,000 TEU, marking the records of the container with the largest ever entry capacity in the Adriatic Sea ... continue reading

Master of one of the HANJIN container ships wrote to me about HANJIN bankruptcy relative to the crews. HANJIN crews are depressed and panicked, nobody knows what to expect. MAERSK, which chartered some HANJIN vessels, requires their re-naming. Crews from ... continue reading

Entered service the containerships "NATORI" that revolutionizes desingn ships in its class. The line is reminiscent of a cargo plane that has now been applied to a unit of medium size. A similar line can be found in the "CITY ... continue reading

The Financial Police and the Customs Department of Reggio Calabria have seized more than 289 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Gioia Tauro. The drug was hidden in a container of coffee from Brazil and directed to Trieste. continue reading

Maersk Line has announced a 10-year agreement of Vessel Sharing (VSA) with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) on the routes Asia-Europe, the transatlantic and transpacific. "The agreement will be referred to as 2M and replaces all existing VSA and purchase agreements ... continue reading

Yesterday Oct 29 visited my friend, Master of a container ship, in Laem Chabang. Took some pics. Container terminal and vessels across at bulk cargoes and vehicles berths. Voytenko Mikhail continue reading

In 2014 the port of Koper (SLO) were performed by the dredging "Dravo COSTA DORADA" that led to the seabed 10 meters to allow access to the port Container ship of 330 to 360 meters. For several months are taken ... continue reading

MSC acquires 45% share of the container terminal Pier Seventh. The passage of shares took place between the "To Delta" Pierluigi Maneschi and "Marinvest", a company which belongs to the giant Swiss-Italian Gianluigi Aponte. The passage of shares with a ... continue reading

Container ship Kenza is soon to set sail and leave Cagliari, Italy, after more than 2 years detention. Vessel has been stuck in Cagliari since May 2013 due to disputes over debts and crew salary delays. Recently owners finally, found ... continue reading

On Apr 15 police found several bags with drugs in containers offloaded from MSC Loretta, which is docked in Santos, Brazil. It is understood, that the police was tipped off. Police didn’t reveal quantity, character and the cost of ... continue reading

Two large container vessels of the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen visited Hamburg this weekend. While the 13,808 TEU THALASSA AVRA was leaving the port of Hamburg in direction to the North Sea, her sister vessel THALASSA PATRIS was heading ... continue reading

To keep its leading position on the market, the world’s biggest container shipping company Maersk plans to spend $3 billion a year on new ship orders. The shipping company announced that it needs 425,000 20-foot-equivalent units and these ... continue reading

Taipei: Taiwan’s leading shipbuilder CSBC has recently finished development of design for ice-class containerships. It has also developed semi-submersible crane vessel designs of up to 65,000 dwt. CSBC is understood to have already received a number of inquiries ... continue reading

To battle vessel overcapacity which predominates in the shipping industry over the last years another three container shipping companies decided to form a new strategic alliance. The French container shipping company CMA CGM in collaboration with China Shipping Container Lines ... continue reading

Las week the shipping company Hamburg Süd christened its container ship SAN CHRISTOBAL at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The container vessel is the second new built vessel in the series of three new „San“-class ... continue reading

Maersk Line in cooperation with MSC are planning to start their new vessel sharing 2M service as early as January 2015. The customers of the network as well as the transit times will be notified by September. Two world’s ... continue reading

Due to the current congested situation of the Rotterdam port the container shipping company Hapag Lloyd has announced a congestion surcharge in the port. The congestion surcharge amounts to 20 EUR per box and affects all cargo departing from Rotterdam ... continue reading

The MARY MAERSK has established a new world record transporting the largest number of containers from Europe to Asia. On the 21st of July the third vessel in the Triple-E series sailed from Algeciras, Spain and set course for Tanjung ... continue reading