News updates on global shipping
News updates on global shipping
Following important events
have taken place in global shipping arena during the year 2013/14/15 and have
become news headlines. The news have been arranged in descending order on the
basis of date of post i.e the latest news will be on the top.
“The CMA CGM LITANI”(10622TEUs) enters into the CMA CGM fleet by 2016
Maersk
Line is Lloyd's List's Company of the Year
The biggest MSC cargo vessel ever built
16 December, 2014
The first Tripple-E container
vessel of Maersk line named “Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller” delivered in June 2013, is
no longer considered as the largest container vessel in the world. A new record
has been created by the Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC), as they are
going to launch the world’s largest new-built container vessel ‘MSC Oscar’
having container carrying capacity of 19244 TEUS, in their fleet by January,
2015. This exciting news was declared by the Company on December 16, 2014. It
is an epoch-making event in the history of world maritime transportation
industry. Read More
“The CMA CGM LITANI”(10622TEUs) enters into the CMA CGM fleet by 2016
09 December, 2014
It is a
good news for the shipping industry as well as
all related stakeholder that CMA
CGM shipping line along with two other
parties are going to add a new container vessel of 10622 TEUs capacity named
“The CMA CGM LITANI” to its present
fleet by the third quarter of 2016. This procurement would be the third vessel
out of total procurement target of 28 series of vessels within the capacity
from 9400 TEUs to 10900 TEUs. It is worthwhile to mention here that the 1st
vessel of the series named “The CMA CGM DANUBE” was delivered on last June,
2014. The delivery of the 2nd vessel named “The CMA CGM LITANI” was
accomplished on December 03 and sailed from Chinese shipyard on December 06,
2014 respectively. Read More
14 October 2013
Lloyd’s list declared
Maersk Line as the Company of the Year 2013. On 1 October, Lloyds honoured
Maersk line by presenting annual awards to Mr. David Brown, Sales Director of Maersk
line, Great Britain, in a ceremony held at the Lancaster Hotel in London, in
recognition of their achievements in the global maritime industry.
News posted on 12 September,
2013
Danish Government has recognized the outstanding performance of Maersk
Line in supporting their export trade for decades and incorporated their name
as “Borne global” to serve the interest of 30 leading export-oriented Danish
Companies, who have been recently selected as “Export Canon” of the country.
This decisive step of the government would open up new horizon to move the
country towards sustained growth and development.
18 July 2013
The outstanding shipping services rendered by the Maersk Line all over the world, has witnessed another milestone of success, as Maersk (China) Shipping Company Ltd, bagged 3 awards at the 10th ‘China Freight Industry Award Ceremony’ held on 25th June 2013 at Shanghai. Read More
15
July 2013
A memorable
event happened on 15th July 2013 in the history of maritime
industry. On this day, the first largest ship of the world named “Maersk
Mc-Kinney Moller” under Triple-E
category, has commenced her maiden voyage from Busan of South Korea. The
most experienced and highly professional crew members have been chosen from the
Maersk Line, to man the ship who can shoulder the challenging responsibility of
running the ship with utmost efficiency and reliability. The ship can
accommodate 34 crew members. But there will be approximately 22 persons in the
ship during her regular service.
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02 July, 2013
Maersk Line has deployed recently world’s largest
container ship in shipping trade. The vessel is named as “Triple E” because it is
specially designed for ‘Efficiency,
Economy of Scale, and Environmentally improved’.
27 June 2013
Maersk
Line won the ‘Environment Protection Award’ at the 2013 Seatrade Asia Awards
ceremony, held on 21 June, in Hong Kong.
Cliff Chow, General Manager for Sales at Maersk Line South China, accepted the award on behalf of Maersk Line. “It is a great honour for us, which again demonstrates that our continuous efforts to reduce environment footprint has been recognised by the industry and by customers,” said Chow. ”We will continue to improve our energy efficiency and contribute to drive the industry-wide change with a strong sustainability profile.” Held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong, the Award function was a night of celebration. Clients and business partners joined hundreds of top shipping executives to reward outstanding performances at the region's finest shipping event. Read more
18 June 2013
Maersk Line, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
S.A. and CMA CGM have in principle agreed to establish a long-term
operational alliance on East – West trades, called the P3 Network. The aim is
to improve and optimise operations and service offerings. Read more
17 June 2013
Maersk Line’s
newest vessel, the first of the Triple-E series, was named Friday morning in
a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. It bears the name of the late owner of the
company, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who passed away last year at the age of 98. Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the
youngest daughter of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, had the honor of naming the vessel at the above official naming
ceremony. Read more
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11 June 2013
Jens Eskelund, Managing Director of Maersk China Limited, who accepted the awards on behalf of Maersk Line shares, “It’s a great honour for Maersk Line to be recognised again by the industry and by our customers. The awards show that our continuous efforts to improve on our product and services are paying off. Our employees have been working hard to bring us to where we are today, so these are very welcome awards.” Read more
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