CONTAINERSHIP deliveries are forecast to hit an all-time high this year with a projected 1.7 million TEU coming on stream.

INFRASTRUCTURE costs and related constraints could outweigh the benefits of ever larger containerships even though it is feasible to build ships of 24,000-TEU, according to classification society DNV GL.

SKY-ROCKETING freight rates across multiple trades have led to smaller containerships, considered uneconomical a year ago, coming back in vogue

CMA CGM Group announced that it plans to deploy the first LNG-powered large containerships on its Pacific routes starting later this year. The move is part of the company’s efforts to move to carbon neutrality by deploying a large fleet of LNG-powered vessels.

Lomar’s super-eco boxships fitted with a seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing system from Thordon Bearings Delaware Trader, the first of two 2,700TEU newbuild containerships that China’s Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard is delivering to Lomar Shipping this year, has been fitted with a seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing system from Thordon Bearings, the company said in its press release

THE 20,000-TEU "MOL Triumph" is to call on May 19 at the Rotterdam World Gateway at Maasvlakte 2, at which point the mega containership will become the largest ever to call at the port of Rotterdam.

MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company (MSC) has negotiated long-term time charters for two 8,266 TEU ships with Capital Product Partners