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Chinese container ship collides with bulker near Zhenjiang

The inland container ship Yu Hang ۱۸ collided with the berthed bulk carrier Odigitria, near Zhenjiang, on July ۶. Both…

Samsung Heavy Delivers World’s Largest Containership to MSC

The world’s largest containership was delivered to the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) from South Korea…

Hapag-Lloyd tests ship-painting robots

Traditional manual work is increasingly being replaced by automated processes, such as self-driving Automated Guided…

CMA CGM’s Containerships conduct milestone first SIMOPS bunkering

Containerships, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, conducted its first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) bunkering at…

MACN launches port integrity campaign in India

As the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) announced, with support from the Indian Government it will launch a…

Drewry: World Container Index Up ۱.۴%

The composite index increased ۱.۴% this week but, ۶.۵% down as compared with same period of ۲۰۱۸.

Hapag-Lloyd Introduces Global Vessel Risk Surcharge for Arabian Gulf Cargo

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has decided to implement a vessel risk surcharge (VRS) following recent…

Second Offshore Wind Farm in United States Now Under Construction

Dominion Energy Inc. began work to install cables for a wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia, marking the…

Indian, Iranian firms ready to invest in Afghanistan’s shipping line

Representatives of an Indian and an Iranian firm arrived in Kabul to negotiate with Afghan officials over a possible…

CMA CGM announces War Risk Surcharge in Middle East

CMA CGM informed that after considering the recent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and the related significantly…