09/27/2013
Our shipowner ZIM line is adding 420 new 20 ft open top containers to its fleet, increasing open-top capacity by about 20 percent. This addition of new special containers is aimed at enhancing ZIM's ongoing policy to ensure maximum availability of special equipment to customers.

09/26/2013
OOCL has leased 50,000 square feet of office space in the RiverPark 7 building in South Jordan, Utah.

09/25/2013
Topics to be discussed are shipping container risk assessment and inspection methods; the cost benefits of employing the latest methodologies and technologies, utilising non-destructive testing (NDT) and surveillance methods in assessing corrosion and reinforcing other protection technologies with cathodic protection.

09/24/2013
Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp. has taken in charge the 13,806-TEU Thalassa Hellas, making its debut in the world of mega ships that can transport OOG cargoes.

09/22/2013
Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) will challenge Maersk Line as the world's biggest ocean carrier over the coming four years, according to industry analyst.

09/18/2013
Cosco Container Lines, part of the CKYH Alliance, is considering offering new services to the west and east coasts of South America and increasing sailings to the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Shipping Gazette.

09/17/2013
Roll-on, roll-off shipping has begun the 16-month countdown to an uncertain future of sharply higher operating costs, lower traffic, bankruptcies and shotgun mergers in their core markets.

09/16/2013
The Hyundai group's shipping arm, will begin collaborating with a cargo shipped via the North East Passage. The Stena Polaris, a P-MAX tanker with ice class 1A, will leave Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland on 15 September with a cargo of 37,000 tons of naphtha.