Large container ships Terminals. Also in this issue: Odense Steel Ship Yard, Samsung, Port of Singapore, APL, Royal Arctic Line, Regional Container Lines, MAN Diesel, Danaos and CSBC.
Size matters
Size is an argument for protecting the environment. Bigger ships are more fuel efficient per teu/mile, and that matters in a time and age when carbon emissions and fuel efficiency are on everybody’s agenda, but only if you can fill the ship with boxes.
The logistics of building large ships at Odense Steel Ship Yard
The container ship Emma Maersk is frequently referred to as ‘the vacuum cleaner’ by leading container ports worldwide as this huge ship comes to a port and ‘sucks up’ a huge load of containers leaving a rather empty port behind.
Samsung’s latest 16,000 teu contribution to ultra large container ship design
Larger container vessels have recently been designed and built, and this trend is continuing.
Global container hub Singapore aims for further growth
Being invited to the 40th floor of PSA Building in Singapore was a unique experience. Here, one can enjoy the most impressive of views of the busy port.
Hands on from APL
For 2007, NOL (Neptune Orient Line) posted a profit of USD 523 million, up 44 per cent compared to 2006.
Environmental performance and the future
Although shipping is generally seen as a fuel efficient, and hence ‘carbon friendly’, mode of transportation, the shipping industry is facing increasing pressure from regulators to improve its environmental performance.
Arctic container operations – challenges and opportunities
The reduction in the ice covering the Arctic Sea creates both new opportunities and challenges for shipping in these areas.
Supplying Greenland
Supplying Greenland’ is an appropriate title for an article on the Royal Arctic Line, which is owned by the Greenland Authority and operated from Aalborg in Denmark.
2,500,000 TEUs underline RCL’s success
A specialist in the container feeder trade, Regional Container Lines (RCL) is based in Bangkok, Thailand. The company owns 45,000 containers (TEUs) and leases another 35,000.
MAN Diesel – the world’s strongest diesel engine ordered by APL
MAN Diesel has won an order to supply eight of the most powerful engine to date – the 14K98ME-C7.
Uncontained growth
“Since the container industry is only 50 years old, the growth opportunities are substantial,” says John Coustas, president and CEO of Danaos Corporation.
CSBC – a global leader in container ship building
“Our order book is full until 2011 and our capacity makes us the fourth largest builder of container ships in the world,” says Kuang-Nan Fan, Acting Chairman of the Board and President of CSBC Corporation, located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ship of the year: Ital Mattina
This example of the largest of the four standard design containerships which HMD has in its portfolio, is another vessel built for German owners who specialise in the provision of tonnage for the liner charter trades, this time for the Italian Conti Lines Group.
The significance of the material factor
Modern container ship designs extensively employ high tensile (HT) steel. This is necessary to keep the plate and stiffener dimensions at an acceptable level.
Passing the fuel spec test can still lead to engine trouble
If samples taken from a bunker delivery are tested and found to meet the required quality specification, it does not mean the crew can relax other precautionary measures.
DNV’s growth requires new premises in Hamburg
Historic brick-built warehouses to the left and a stunning view of cranes, ships and terminals to the right – DNV’s new premises are located right in the centre of maritime Hamburg.
Demand growth to slow – fleet growth continued on high level
Despite the financial crisis in the US the global economy maintained a stable growth path in 2007. As a consequence the international trade and the shipping markets also continued their dynamic growth.