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SHIP COLLISION: Collision in the North Sea

10 March 2011

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...

VEHICLE CARRIERS: Car carrier drives forward

10 March 2011

Last year will go down as a bad one for the car carrier shipping sector. Vessels were either laid up or sold to reduce...

CONTAINER SHIP: Largest container ship to visit Brixham

10 March 2011

A rare caller at Brixham on 20 October 2010 was the container ship CMA CGM Laperouse. Built in 2010, the 157,092dwt Explorer class vessel...

REEFER: World’s biggest reefer ship

10 March 2011

The ship with the biggest reefer capacity currently, 1,600 reefer plugs, docked in South Africa for the first time in early December 2010. The...

CONTAINER SHIP: MSC increase market share

10 March 2011

The container shipping market continues to show signs of growth after a couple of difficult years. The 20 largest container lines expanded their fleet...

CATTLE CARRIER: From cars to cattle

10 March 2011

Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard has completed conversion of the former car/container ship Merlion Ace into the livestock carrier Ghena for Merlion Ace Compania Naviera SA,...

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