Mega Containership

Zim to Buy Eight Ships for $1.36B

Israel Corp. subsidiary Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. said it had placed an order to purchase eight mega container ships from the South Korea’s shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. The deal, valued at $1.37b, ($170m each) comes six weeks after Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. announced its plan to upgrade its container vessels fleet. The company had ordered eight TEU 12,600 mega containership for delivery by July 2012. The purchase will substantially increase the Israeli-based carrier's fleet when the vessels arrive in 2012. The order took the global shipping sector by surprise, since Zim had generally bought its containerships from rival South Korean's Hyundai Shipyards. Earlier this year the line purchased two 2,450-TEU containerships with an option to buy additional two. These vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2010-11. [Source: http://www.port2port.com]

Hapag-Lloyd Ship Named

The long-established Hamburg shipping line Hapag-Lloyd named a containership in Malaysia for the first time. The patron of the 336m long “Kuala Lumpur Express” is Ursula Adrion, wife of Adolf Adrion, member of the executive board of Hapag-Lloyd AG. The “Kuala Lumpur Express” can carry 8,749 TEU and is the second ultra-modern training ship on which Hapag-Lloyd trains its nautical and technical personnel, following the identical

Mega-ship Stops in Long Beach Up

Cargo surged into and out of the Port of Long Beach in record numbers in 2005, buoyed by the increasing use by China and other Asian traders of giant ships with the capacity to carry 8,000 or more import-stuffed containers each. The mega-ships, defined by their ability to float 8,000 cargo containers or more, visited Long Beach more than 200 times last year, and helped drive a 16 percent increase in the number of containers processed at the port during 2005 compared with the year prior

Hapag-Lloyd Names New Mega Containership

The Hanover Express, which is capable of carrying 8,750 containers, is one of the world’s largest containerships. The newbuilding was recently named in Hamburg. The patron was Gabriele Frenzel, wife of TUI’s CEO and chairman of the supervisory board of Hapag-Lloyd, Dr. Michael Frenzel. Naming ceremonies for large containerships are still something special even in Hamburg, and nearly 300 guests from business and politics – including the Mayor of Hamburg Ole von Beust and the Mayor of

Mega Yacht Returns to Blohm + Voss

The LADY MOURA returned to Blohm + Voss on October 8 for maintenance and conservation work. The 344-ft. (105 m) long white mega yacht will undergo a facelift in its roofed-over floating dock. The LADY MOURA, built at Blohm + Voss in 1990, will be returning to her yard for the third time, following visits in 1992 and 1997. The owner and captain of the LADY MOURA The LADY MOURA has sufficient tank capacity to undertake transatlantic voyages

Graig Order Launches Generation of "Super Feeders"

The Cardiff-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient new generation MARLIN 2000 Blue design container feeders to be built at the major Jin Hai shipyard complex in China. The first two vessels are scheduled for delivery in August and September 2013 with subsequent vessels to be delivered in pairs every two and half months.  Discussions on charters for the vessels are advanced with a number of global liner companies.

MarAd Approves Containership Sales

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has given approval to Global Shipping LLC, of Cumberland, Maryland to sale of the containership EWA, official number 530140 to Sea Lion Marine LTD., a St Vincent and the Grenadines corporation, and the transfer of said vessel to Tulva registry and flag for purposes of disposal. The containership was built in 1972, by Skinner and Eddy Corporation in Seattle, Washington. MARAD's approval is required under section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended.

Danaos Adds Containership

Danaos Corporation Adds One More 8,530 TEU Containership to its Fleet.   Danaos Corporation, an international owner of containerships, announced that on October 26, 2011, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the CMA CGM BIANCA, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 58 containerships aggregating 282,619 TEU. The CMA CGM BIANCA, built at Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, has a carrying capacity of 8,530 TEU, is 335 meters long, 42

Danaos Adds Containership to Fleet

Danaos Corporation, an international owner of containerships, announced that on March 8, 2012, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the HYUNDAI TENACITY, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 62 containerships aggregating 325,879 TEU.   The HYUNDAI TENACITY, built at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, has a carrying capacity of 13,100 TEU, is 366 meters long, 48.2 meters wide and has a speed of 24.70 knots

Containership Chartered Out by Box Ships

Greece-based Box Ships Inc. announces delivery of Its eighth containership, 'OOCL Hong Kong' Box Ships Inc., a  containership owning company, announce it has taken delivery of its eighth vessel, the OOCL Hong Kong, a 5,344 TEU Post-Panamax containership built in 1995 at the Samsung shipyard in Korea. The vessel is chartered to Orient Overseas Container Lines Ltd. ("OOCL") for a period of thirty-six (36) months plus or minus thirty days (30) at a net daily rate of US$26,465.