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OPEN-HATCH BULKERS: Multiple orders for open-hatch carriers

Three owners have ordered open-hatch ships recently, a vessel type developed in the 1960s for handling forest products as well as containers, but now...

SHIPPING CASUALTIES: Casualties of the hard winter

Mid-November 2010 saw the winter start to take its toll on coastal shipping. Arklow Raider was leaving the Irish port of Drogheda on 16...

SHIP COLLISION: Collision in the North Sea

The Chinese 20,763gt cargo ship Cleantec (2009) and the German container ship Frisia Rotterdam (2004/25,406gt) collided in the North Sea at the north-western tip...

BULKER: Maiden voyage to Leith

The new bulk carrier Crystalgate (16,950gt) made her maiden call at Leith on 15 November 2010. She is managed by Zodiac Maritime Agencies and...

COASTER DETENTION: Detained at Birkenhead

The Panamanian-registered coaster Most Sky was detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at Birkenhead in November 2010 because of a number of health...

PORT NEWS: ‘Big Easy’ on the rebound

Louisiana’s Port of New Orleans, severely damaged by hurricane Katrina in 2005, has rebounded positively since the hurricane and handled a record number of...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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