Contship Containerlines News

schedule integrity since changes were introduced to the timetable. quality of supply chain integrity they require. fine-tuning. factors such as berth congestion and engine problems. already been taken. degree. determination to improve the service proposition to customers. North America, Northern Europe and Mediterranean. before. containers on each ship. more needed to be done to hold to the fixed-day weekly target. hard calls in order to give the market what it was asking for. customer-focused organisation it was the right decision to make. Tilbury, Hamburg, Rotterdam, La Spezia and Damietta.

CP Ships, one of the world's top ten container shipping companies, has reached agreement with Dannebrog of Denmark to acquire Caribbean/Latin American market specialist Nordana Line. The acquisition includes Nordana's business and services and its 10,000 teu container fleet. roll-on/roll-off ships owned by Dannebrog and the sub-charter of three chartered-in ships. commented Chief Executive Officer Ray Miles. Nordana operates three services with a total annual volume of about 50,000 teu. and the Mediterranean. A third service operates between the US/Central America and North Coast South America in co-operation already with the CP Ships brands, Lykes Lines and TMM Lines. CP Ships first entered Latin American markets with its 1997 acquisition of Contship Containerlines. Latin America.

CP Ships has named Andrea Bolch as Vice President of its Europe-Asia Business Unit based in Ipswich, United Kingdom. US East Coast-India; South East Asia / India / Arabian Gulf. for Australasia. Bolch was previously Senior Vice President, ANZDL. Since joining the company as Commercial Director in 1992, she has held a number of senior management posts. Within the Ipswich-based Business Unit, Peter Hill continues as Vice President for the Australasia Business Unit having line management responsibility for the multiple services operated under the Contship Containerlines and ANZDL brands in the Australasian markets. These include: Europe-Australasia; Ocean Star Round-the-World; US West Coast-Australasia; Trans-Tasman and Australasia/Asia.

CP Ships has taken the next step in its major fleet re-building program by signing a contract with China Shipbuilding Corporation of Taiwan for the construction of five geared 3,200 TEU containerships. They are designed to be employed in CP Ships' South American services. Delivery of the newbuildings will take place between mid-2002 and early 2003. The ships will measure 243 m long by 32.2 m wide, and will be equipped with 400 reefer plugs and operate at a service speed of 22.5 knots. Several containerships built by China Shipbuilding Corp already serve in the CP Ships fleet. With the China Shipbuilding contract, CP Ships has passed the half-way point in a series of retonnaging commitments…

CP Ships has signed an agreement with FastShip to assume commercial and marketing management for FastShip's TransAtlantic services. London-based CP Ships is the TransAtlantic's largest container service operator with twelve separate loops, and the seventh largest world-wide. FastShip, headquartered in Philadelphia, is creating a high-speed Transatlantic transport network. allow for pooling opportunities between FastShip and CP Ships. CP Ships is also taking a small equity position in FastShip. "We see FastShip as a complement to our existing range of TransAtlantic services. By including FastShip as another strong brand among our service offerings we will be able to provide a competitive advantage to customers who require high-speed transport that is less costly than air freight…

deployed in its US East Coast-Indian Sub-Continent service. Kanha and Corbett. coming in early January 2006. costly short-term chartered ships. "We have been looking forward to the first of our new ships. service more efficiently. 2003," said Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Executive Vice President. and are currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. and one in second quarter 2007. Their deployment has not yet been finalized. total to 21 by April 2007. workhorses of our fleet. they arise because of changes in trade demand," Mr Gonzalez added. of a vessel sharing agreement with two other carriers. Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Suez Canal, New York. completes its adoption of a single brand.

Zealand. including 1300 reefer plugs. The large reefer capacity of these ships will significantly enhance Contship Containerlines' ability to carry temperature-sensitive cargoes. Containerlines brand. Business Unit. service between Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The retonnaging will also allow Contship Containerlines to restructure the additional services that it operates in this trade. round-the-world strings. one sailing eastbound the other westbound. Canal, returning via the Panama Canal and the East Coast of the USA. deployed in this string. Aurora. via South East Asia and the Suez Canal. capacity will be deployed in this string with three provided by Contship. announcements will be made in the near future. Mr Halliday. the Contship Containerlines brand.

CP Ships Limited has taken delivery of the 4100 teu Contship Aurora. It is the second in a series of new containerships being built under the company's $800 million ship replacement program and the first of three specially designed to carry a high proportion of refrigerated containers. Built by Daewoo in South Korea, Contship Aurora is destined for the Europe-Australasia trade lane where Contship Containerlines, one of CP Ships' seven brands, is upgrading its services with faster transit times, improved frequency and increased ability to serve customers' needs for greater refrigerated capacity. CP Ships is more than halfway through its overall ship replacement program, which remains on schedule.

Contship Containerlines will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Eagle service between Europe and Australasia, by retiring the "Eagle" service brand name and strengthening the operation by incorporating it into the impending reconfiguration of its services in this trade. Contship Containerlines' Eagle service first started in May 1982 with a direct link between Mediterranean ports and Australia. In 1983, the service was expanded to include direct calls in the UK and Northern Europe. vessels were introduced and the rotation was expanded to include ports in the Far East. By 1991, seven new vessels of 1600 teu capacity replaced the previous tonnage and Noumea was introduced into the schedule.

Marking a departure from the company's highly effective chartering strategy of the past 30 years, three self-owned newbuilds are being phased into Contship Containerlines' core Australasian trades during the 2002 second-half. The 4,115-teu Contship Aurora class is technically distinguished by its considerable scope for perishable cargo, in that 1,300 plugs have been incorporated for integral type refrigerated containers. The trio ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is replacing tonnage deployed on Contship's Eagle service between Europe, Australia and New Zealand, operated in partnership with P&O Nedlloyd's eastabout and Mediterranean strings, and will ultimately contribute to a new, weekly eastabout, round-the-world schedule.

Six container shipping lines in the Europe-Australasia-North America trade have finalized plans to introduce a new and improved liner service system for their existing operations on the world's longest trade-route. The new system will see five existing services replaced by two fixed-day weekly contra-rotating round-the-world operations. Marfret and P&ONedlloyd. All six carriers will continue to compete with each other and market their services independently. Deploying ten newbuildings of 4,100 teu, one service will sail from Europe via the Suez Canal to Australia and New Zealand, returning via the Panama Canal and the US East Coast to Northern Europe. guaranteed entry point into established markets.

Indian sub-continent - have given notice to the other consortium members. three will resign from membership of EPIC from July 2003. Nedlloyd will form a new consortium to be called EPIC 3. from Contship Containerlines and CMA CGM, plus two from P&O Nedlloyd. transit times on the route which will be maintained by the members of EPIC 3. the capacity available through the new service agreement. volumes from India/Pakistan to Europe.

Contship Containerlines services between Australia and Europe - currently being upgraded into two contra-rotating loops - now enjoy third party endorsement at both ends of the trade. Zealand has picked up awards for best transit times and schedule reliability from two independent authorities on the subject. In Australia recently, at the Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News Shipping Awards, Contship Containerlines scooped first place for schedule integrity in the trade from Australia to Europe, as well as from Australia to South Asia. reliability and transit times to the Australian base ports of Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. Comments David J. Under the restructuring, Contship's existing services have been replaced by two contra-rotating round-the-world strings.

service on December 17 in Auckland. reefer container ships in service. David Halliday, senior vice president of CP Ships' Australasia and Asia Business Unit. "The new ships deploy integral reefer technology, rather than the old air blown system. This is a more flexible approach with global compatibilities making the transport and handling of reefer cargoes more efficient and flexible. The new ships replace tonnage deployed in Contship Containerlines' Eagle service between Europe, Australia and New Zealand, forming part of a new service program on the route.

Owner Contship Containerlines Ltd. Builder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd. Constructed under U.K flag, Contship Aurora was ordered by CP Ships and delivered by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. Okpo Shipyard in September 2002. The vessel has been designed and built under the survey of Germanischer Lloyd — the first ship to qualify for Germanischer Lloyd's new "Green Passport" class character. This vessel has fully welded flush deck with forecastle, a raked stem with bulbous bow, a transom stern with open type stern frame, a semi-balanced rudder, a fixed pitch propeller and a bow thruster of controllable pitch propeller. Passageway from engine room to No.2 cargo hold space is arranged below the upper deck at both sides.

Zealand to various key markets across Asia. String 3 from Australia/New Zealand to East Asia/China. Adelaide and Fremantle. strings from Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson and Timaru. options and some of the quickest transits in the various trade lanes. respectively. China.

Contship Containerlines is offering passenger voyages directly to the public. The voyages are available on the Contship Aurora, Contship Australis and Contship Borealis - that Contship has recently introduced the eastbound routing of its contra-rotating services in the Europe-Australasia trade. The three new vessels are the first to be owned by Contship. the world's largest reefer contsinerships. calls on the US eastern seaboard. The full round-trip will take nearly 70 days. available. and WC. The cabins are fitted with beechwood furniture and fittings. Containerlines. "There is nothing mass-market or commercialised about a freighter. experience. screen television and a bar. Meals are taken in the Officers' Mess. returning to Tilbury.

Jeremy Masters has been appointed as the vice president for the CP Ships Limited business unit. He will report to Chief Operating Officer Frank Halliwell, and will be based in the United Kingdom. Masters joined Canada Maritime in 1984 and for the past years has been CP Ships Vice President responsible for the Asia Service Unit in Hong Kong, which provides sales, marketing and administrative support for CP Ships services in Asia. He will take over from David Halliday, who for personal reasons will in due course leave the company after a long and distinguished career of over 22 years with both Contship Containerlines and, since 1997, CP Ships. Stuart Rattray will replace Jeremy Masters as Vice President Asia Service Unit in Hong Kong.

they are among the most 'green' and environmentally friendly. even have their own 'green' passports. Europe/Australasia/North America services. Germanischer Lloyd. awarded Germanischer Lloyd's 'Green Passport' classification. shipowner/operator to demonstrate its commitment to the environment. emissions to the sea and air. legislation that is still pending. regional standards. · hold ISO 14001 accreditation through the ship managers. Australasia and Asia Business Unit. Card, or passport, is a very stringent regime for ships to meet. in helping to expand our business. environmental policies. ahead of the game . and much of the competition .

North America - Mediterranean container shipping trade. The frequency of its service between ports on the U.S. 3300 teu. Middle East and Indian sub-continent. responsibility for Contship Containerlines. strength. that are shipping between the USA, Mexico and the Mediterranean. Barcelona, Valencia and Miami.

years ago. Livorno, Genoa, Cartegena, Long Beach, Vancouver, Portland and Oakland. fortnightly to a 10-day schedule, with the introduction of larger and faster ships. Israel Navigation. our presence on this important trade. an excellent platform to explore the future development of our brand off the U.S. than 10 years and currently offers a nine-day service operated by five ships.

Canadian Pacific Limited has agreed to acquire the outstanding 50% of the Americana Ships joint venture from its partner, Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA de CV of Mexico. CP Ships and TMM formed Americana Ships in January 1999 as an equal partnership. TMM has now decided to narrow its strategic focus to concentrate on its other activities. Completion of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected early in the new year. It will confer full ownership of the container shipping services operated under the Lykes Lines, TMM Lines and TMG brands to Canadian Pacific's container shipping subsidiary, CP Ships. The transaction also includes the 27,000 teu container fleet owned by TMM and used by Americana Ships.

Associated British Ports Holdings Plc is reorganizing top management at its American Port Services subsidiary, including appointing Douglas Tipton as head of the Seaport container terminal division. Tipton has been president and chief executive officer of U.S. shipping firm Contship Containerlines Inc for the past three years. He has extensive experience of the container industry, having also worked at Mitsui OSK, Maersk and Sea-Land. Seaport will become one business unit under his leadership, with all U.S. terminals reporting to him. Ozzie Moore will continue to head the U.S. aviation services division Amport. Moore and Tipton will report directly to ABP's chief executive Bo Lerenius. As a result, Tim Chadwick, chief executive of APS, will be leaving the group.