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CONTAINER SHIP: Largest box ship ever in the US

The port of Long Beach recently welcomed the largest container vessel to call at an American port. MSC Beatrice (151,559gt) made her first call...

CARGO VESSEL: King Ocean buys Bernuth

Two well-known general cargo carriers in the Caribbean have joined forces, with Miami-based King Ocean Services acquiring competitor Bernuth Lines, also of Miami. Bernuth,...

CONTAINER SERVICE: New port call for Rickmers

From September the Japanese port of Nagoya will be added to Rickmers-Linie’s Round the World Pearl String Service schedule on a monthly basis. The...

TANKERS: First double-hulls go to breakers

The generation of double-hulled tankers built after the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and the resulting US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA...

TANKER: Cowes Week collision

As widely reported in the national press, the 123,581dwt crude oil tanker Hanne Knutsen was involved in a collision off Egypt Point, Isle of...

PORT NEWS: Under new management

In July Berwick Harbour Commissioners announced losses of £63,312 for 2010 on the back of a similar deficit in 2009. In an effort to...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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