60 new Liebherr ship cranes for Daewoo
NewsThe first vessel with four Liebherr CBW 2100 cranes adapted for very cold temperatures has been supplied to Sovcomflot. Another 56 cranes wi...
Big ships still coming
NewsIt seems that not a month passes without a new and larger containership being delivered. In December, msc oscar – built by South Korea’s...
Leviathans on the horizon
NewsJust as 19,200 TEU vessels come on stream, there is already talk that 24,000 TEU ships could be possible. Ultra-large containerships (ULCS) ...
Scorpio in for 3 x 19,200 TEU ships
NewsMonaco-based Scorpio Group has ordered three 19,200 TEU container vessels, the biggest containerships to date, for bareboat charter to Medit...
More 18,000 TEU ships on order
NewsHong Kong Asset Management has placed an order for three more 18,000 TEU ships with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engieering...
UASC places US$1.4B boxship contract
NewsDubai-based United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is to invest US$1.4B in new ships, a move that will see it forge an even closer relationship...
UASC orders biggest ever boxships
NewsDubai-based United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is to invest US$1.4B in new ships, a move that will see it forge an even closer relationship...
Troubled times for marine insurers
NewsThe overriding message from the 2012 annual conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in mid-September was depressing...
14,000 TEU LNG-powered box ship from GL
NewsGermanischer Lloyd and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have come up with a 14,000 containership design running on LNG...
Maersk orders more Triple-Es
NewsMaersk Line has exercised its option with Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME) to build an additional 10 x 18,000 ...
New ship orders for NOL
NewsBloomberg reports that Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has ordered 10 14,000 TEU containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co and two 9,...
New ships for NOL
NewsNeptune Orient Lines (NOL) has ordered 10 x 14,000 TEU containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co and two 9,200 TEU vessels from ...
Maersk orders 1018,000 TEU vessels
NewsAs this issue was going to press, Maersk Line announced that it had ordered 10 18,000 TEU containerships from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbui...
Ro-ro access deals for Cargotec
NewsCargotec has reported two new MacGregor cargo access equipment orders destined for four deepsea ro-ro vessels and two PCTCs that will be bui...
Making way for mega boxships
NewsThe pace at which the new generation of containerships of 12,000 TEU and above have been ordered this year has taken everyone by surprise. H...