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Panama Canal widening forces Panamax rethink

Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013

Panamax vessels are currently a staple on trades involving a transit via the Panama Canal, but when the canal’s wider locks open in 2015 there will be a shake-up as many of these ships will be ...

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Still waters run deep as residents air their ire over lay-up site
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
While there are considerable technical challenges to laying up vessels, the last round of large-scale lay-ups in 2009 demonstrated that there can be social challenges as well. Lay-up locations ...
Shipowners boost anti-corrosion efforts
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
Methods to prevent hull corrosion have never been more important, as the challenging economic climate means that container shipowners are keener than ever to extend the lives of their ...
TOTE goes for dual fuel
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
TOTE Inc, which operates US domestic container and roro services, has ordered a pair of newbuild 3,100 teu, 45,000 dwt cellular container ships. Each of the two ships will be powered by MAN Diesel ...
LNG ship design slashes fuel costs
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
An LNG-fuelled container ship concept that could make fuel cost savings of up to 30 per cent has been designed by IPP Ingenieur Partner Pool. The IPP Partner Pool is an alliance of renowned German ...
Solving the funds “roadblock” to unlock retrofit projects
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
Helping ship operators to access the funds needed to retrofit existing vessels to make them more energy efficient is one of the activities of non-governmental organisation Carbon War Room. The ...
Ship retrofits boost energy efficiency
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
Modifying existing vessels in order to increase their energy efficiency has gained momentum in the container ship sector, and it is a trend that is expected to keep growing. “The market for ...
Cleaner and smarter
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
Yard cranes are an effective and widely-used means of achieving high-density stacking within a container terminal. Over the years the relative market fortunes of the two principal types of yard crane ...
Deepsea competition heats up between Busan and China
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
South Korea’s Busan Port harbours some big ambitions. Its goal is to be the largest transshipment hub in north east Asia. Lim Ki-tack, who became president of Busan Port Authority (BPA) in ...
COSCO and CSCL to merge?
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
The news that China’s two biggest shipping lines, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (COSCO) and China Shipping Container Lines Co (CSCL) are to unite on some domestic services has led to ...
Marco Polo explores China’s trade routes
Container Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2013
Marco Polo knew a lot about ships and trade even before he set off with his father and uncle from Venice in 1271, bound for China. His outward route was over land but much of his return journey was ...

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