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Chinese shipbuilder delivers world's biggest container vessel

15/03/23

SHANGHAI's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the world's biggest containership, the 24,116-TEU MSC Tessa to the Geneva-based Italian Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Container ship re-floated after breakdown in Suez Canal

08/03/23

A CONTAINER ship, the MSC Istanbul, that broke down in Egypt's Suez Canal last Sunday causing some traffic to be diverted has resumed its journey, the Canal Authority said.

OOCL names first of six 24,188-TEUers for Asia-Europe

22/02/23

HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has welcomed its first new megaship with the naming of the OOCL Spain, the first of six 24,188-TEUers ordered.

Mediterranean Shipping Co to add another 10 newbuilds from China

22/02/23

SHENZHEN's China International Marine Containers (CIMC), which has a 30 per cent stake in Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard, has detailed the ship orders with MSC opting for LNG dual-fuel, reports Singapore's Splash 247.

CMA CGM takes on another dozen methanol-powered 13,000 TEUers

08/02/23

French shipping giant CMA CGM has ordered a dozen 13,000 TEU methanol-fuelled containerships at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.

More than 50 sailings from Asia to Europe blanked in first seven weeks

25/01/23

The three vessel-sharing alliances have cancelled a colossal 53 Asia-Europe westbound sailings in the first seven weeks of this year.

Maersk and MSC agree to terminate 2M alliance

25/01/23

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk A/S, have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance

Hapag-CMA deal sees re-emergence of cross-alliance slot chartering

18/01/23

As their network coverage becomes compromised by an aggressive blank sailings strategy, ocean carriers are turning to slot charter deals with members of rival ocean alliances to cover their contract commitments.