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Hoegh Osaka departs Southampton

The Hoegh Osaka, and she’s completely upright – no list! The Hoegh Osaka has finally completed discharging it’s precious cargo and is now on it’s way to the picturesque port of Falmouth,Cornwell for further repairs. Hoegh Autoliners have issued the following statement: All units have now been discharged and the vessel is empty of cargo. […]

West Coast USA Port operations resume

An aerial photo taken of Long Beach on the 6th Feb shows container ships (along with shipping containers) sitting idle in the port. This article has been taken directly from here. By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) – U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading […]

Weekend cargo ops at U.S. West Coast ports suspended

This article has been taken directly from here. LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Cargo freighter loading and unloading operations will be suspended at U.S. West Coast Ports over the weekend (just been) due to continuing chronic slowdowns that shippers and terminal operators have blamed on the dockworkers’ union, the companies’ representative said on Friday. […]

Another deadly pirate attack

There was another deadly pirate attack last week, this time on a Greek VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) off the coast of Nigeria. The vessel, MT Kalamos, was targeted by a gang of criminals at 2200hrs on February 3 whilst waiting to complete loading at a designated anchorage at Qua Iboe, Nigeria, inside territorial waters. Unfortunately, […]

117th Canton Fair April 2015

Are you an importer looking for new products? The Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) is the place to be for sourcing any type of new item.  The event is split into three phases in order to cater for everyone. Household electrical appliances will be hosted in Phase 1, Phase 2 will house Pet […]

Whopper, ultra, mega ship on order

The first official order for the first 20,000 TEU (twenty equivalent unit) container ship has just been made. The deal has been strongly linked with Evergreen Line, however some analysts are tipping that the vessels will be actually destined for Mitsui OSK Line. We have to wonder just how large container ships will become…  In […]

Hoegh Osaka cargo, what’s happening now?

For those of us waiting with baited breath on the outcome of the cargo on board the Hoegh Osaka, it appears that we have to wait a little longer. Whilst information was being received thick and fast from the salvage operation of the stricken roll on/roll off vessel, only small details are being trickled through […]

UAE’s first female crane operator

Big news making the rounds in the United Arab Emirates is that the first female crane operator has been employed by Khalifa Port. This port is the first semi-automated port in the UAE. At twenty eight years old Ayesha Hassan AbdulRahman Al Marzooqi has a huge job of operating one of the terminals gigantic super […]

AMSA record ban

The Red Rover is a general cargo ship and was built in 1997. Image credit Malte Schwarz. PT Meratus Line are being sent straight to the principals office by The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) after not meeting international safety and/or environmental regulations for the third time. On Saturday, 31st January, PT Meratus Line’s container ship, […]