CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin Calls Seattle
Largest cargo vessel to visit U.S. The largest cargo ship to visit the United States, the CMA CMG Benjamin Franklin, arrived Monday at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 18 in Seattle. The Benjamin Franklin has capacity for 18,000 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), more than double the cargo of most container ships calling at Northwest Seaport Alliance terminals. If laid end-to-end, the 18,000 TEUs would stretch from Tacoma to Everett, a distance of about 68 miles.
Keppel Delivers Seadrill’s Fifth KFELS B Class Jackup
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track towards an on-budget and on time delivery of the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Callisto, to Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) before the end of July 2010. To date, the project has clocked a safety record of 2.2 million man-hours without incidents. This rig was named at Keppel FELS by Lady Sponsor Mrs. Poespawardhani Priyono, spouse of R. Priyono, Chairman of BPMIGAS, Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas supervisory agency. Wong Kok Seng, Executive Director of Keppel FELS…
CMA CGM Takes Two New Vessels
The CMA CGM Group announced the delivery of the CMA CGM LAMARTINE (6,500 TEU) and CMA CGM CALLISTO (11,400 TEU) in . Built by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co shipyards, the CMA CGM LAMARTINE (6 500 TEU) is deployed on the Asia-Mediterranean market on the MEX (Mediterranean Express) service. The vessel started its rotation today in Yokohama. Itsrotation will be as follows: , , , Kwanyang, , , , Chiwan, Hong Kong, Port Kelang, , , , , Fos, , , , , Khorfakkan, Port Kelang, Chiwan, . The CMA CGM Group also took delivery today in of CMA CGM CALLISTO (11,400 TEU). Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyards, the vessel is the third of a series of 12 vessels of 11,400 TEU ordered by the CMA CGM Group. They will be delivered between 2010 and 2011.
Recent Ship Sales
Bulk Carriers 04/15/10 THOR TRANSIT 23,930 87(23) $4.3 04/27/10 RUBIN PEARL 26,472 94(16) $15 04/12/10 BJ QUEEN 26,587 85(25) $7.1 04/12/10 HANJIN PENANG 27,365 97(13) $18 04/19/10 ARTEMIS 28,082 84(26) $7 04/27/10 MOON RIVER 28,494
Fratelli Cosulich Mourns Loss of Chairman
Callisto Gerolimich Cosulich, chairman of the multi-faceted shipping group Fratelli Cosulich, passed away on September 5, 2007, at the age of 95. Callisto Cosulich had been group chairman since 1977, when he took over from Mario Cosulich, his cousin. He was still quite active in the business, albeit on a reduced scale, attending the Trieste headquarters of the company every day. Callisto Cosulich was a past president of the Trieste Ship Agents’ Association, as well as a member of the board of the Bank of Italy.
Fratelli Cosulich Celebrates 150 Years in Shipping
Fratelli Cosulich is celebrating 150 years in shipping during 2007. travel agency, trading and IT. offices in Italy and 10 offices abroad. China, Turkey, UK, Ireland, Brazil and the USA. the group has recently returned to its roots in shipowning. Zhengjiang. the course of 2007. today is run by five members of the Cosulich family. ship-management activities. charge of tourism, real estate and IT.
