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December 10, 2023 No Responses

Firm Welcomes LNG-Powered Containership

Chinese shipbuilder, Hudong-Zhonghua has delivered 13,000 TEU LNG-powered containership CMA CGM Bahia to French shipping giant CMA CGM Group. The ship has a total length of 336 meters, a width of 51 meters, a depth of 26.8 meters, a designed service speed of 21 knots, and a maximum load...

August 9, 2023 No Responses

MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build te...

September 25, 2022 No Responses

CMA CGM Orders Biogas-Powered Containership Fleet

French container shipping and logistics major CMA CGM has ordered seven containerships powered by biogas that will serve the French West Indies. The order was unveiled by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Ofﬁcer of the CMA CGM Group, during ...

July 2, 2022 No Responses

Three Years After, Life Returns To Calabar Port

Calabar Port has returned to life three years after a ship berthed there, Prompting widespread joy and celebration. A general cargo vessel berthed at the port with 204 heavy-duty trucks, 22 cubic meters of mostly pipes, and other containers. Speaking...

June 28, 2022 No Responses

Evergreen Takes Delivery Of ‘world’s Largest’ 24,000 TEU Containership

Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered ‘the world’s largest’ 24,000 TEU-class containership ordered by Taiwanese shipping firm Evergreen Group. The ship, named Ever Alot, was delivered on...

September 1, 2021 No Responses

World’s Largest Containership Makes First Crossing Through Suez Canal

The largest containership in the world, the 24,000 TEU Ever Ace, crossed the Suez Canal for the first time on 28 August 2021. The boxship measures 400 meters in length and 61.5 meters in width. It weighs about 235,000 tons...

July 17, 2021 No Responses

Cosco Stakes $1.49b On Ten Containerships

Chinese shipping major, Cosco Shipping Holdings has signed an agreement with affiliate shipbuilder Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Yangzhou for the construction of ten containerships. On 15 July 2021, Cosco sealed the deal with the shipyard splashing out a...

May 1, 2021 No Responses

CMA CGM Seals Order For 22 Containership

French liner major CMA CGM has ordered the construction of 22 containerships worth around $2.3bn, making the deal the largest single containership order in China’s shipbuilding history. The orders are spread across three Chinese shipbuilders, Jia...

March 29, 2021 No Responses

Stranded Suez Container Ship Freed

A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has reportedly been refloated. Video posted social media on Monday appeared to show the stern of the Ever Given swung towards the canal bank, opening space...

October 14, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM’s LNG-Powered Giant Sets World Record

The 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the world’s largest LNG-powered containership, has set a world record for the number of full containers loaded on a single vessel. On its departure from Singapore on 12 October, the new flagship of...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Samsung Secures $920m Contract For Six Evergreen Containerhips

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has signed shipbuilding deals for Evergreen’s latest ultra-large containerships, valued at a total of USD 920 million. The order was placed for the construction of six of the world’s largest container ships, with a ...

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Port of Virginia hosts COSCO Development

The Port of Virginia welcomed on May 8 COSCO Development, the largest containership to call this port and the US East Coast. The 13,092 TEU boxship breaks the previous record held by the 10,000 MOL Benefactor when it sailed to Norfolk International Termin...