SHI and DNV sign MoU to advance autonomous ships
NewsSamsung Heavy Industries (SHI), which is one of South Korea’s leading shipbuilding groups, and Oslo-based DNV - the world’s largest Clas...
Cavotec wins another container ships’ shore power connection order
NewsSamsung Heavy industries has ordered Cavotec PowerAMPReel ShorePower connection systems for integration into each of three container ships i...
MOL takes a bow
NewsMitsui OSK Lines Ltd has announced that DNV GL has issued an Approval In Principle (AIP) to MOL and Samsung Heavy Industries for their Bow W...
More ships for Evergreen
NewsEvergreen Marine Corp has entered into an agreement with Shoei Kisen Kaisha today to charter twelve 11,000 TEU class containerships...
Evergreen orders eight 11,000 TEU container ships
NewsEvergreen Marine Corp has entered into an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for eight 11,000 TEU container ships...
OOCL signs with Samsung for 20,000 TEU mega carriers
NewsHong Kong based OOCL has joined the list of ocean carriers ordering mega 20,000 TEU capacity containerships....
MOL in for 20,000 TEU ships
NewsJapan's Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd has placed an order for six 20,150 TEU containerships...
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...
Marine insurers sailing into uncharted waters
NewsMarine insurers are displaying distinct feelings of trepidation as they witness another milestone in the evolution of the containership. The...
Rising market attracts rise in tonnage
NewsActivity in the project cargo market is directly linked to the price of crude oil. As crude oil has passed the US$100/barrel mark and shows ...
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...
Box ship designers rewrite the rulebook
NewsThe traditional, prescriptive rules governing the design and construction of containerships are inadequate for the new generation of ultra l...
LR to class first 10,000 TEU containerships
NewsLloyd’s Register (LR) is to class the world’s largest declared capacity containerships - four 10,000 TEU vessels to be built in Korea by...
Biggest ship handed over
NewsCSCL ASIA, the world’s largest ever container ship has been named at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje Shipyard and handed over to China S...
10,500 TEU Seaspan ships?
NewsVancouver (BC)-based Seaspan Container Lines has confirmed that it is in discussion with Samsung Heavy Industries to increase the size of th...