Container Shipping

CMA CGM Petra, a sister ship of CMA CGM Pointe Noire
Accidents

CMA CGM containership strikes crane at Italy’s Livorno Port

Jens Karsten
Ships in the Suez Canal (photo date unknown)
Container Shipping

Suez Canal return likely by early 2027 for container lines

Reuters
HMM Aquamarine
Container Shipping

South Korea's HMM taps local yards for eight LNG dual-fuel newbuildings

Gareth Havelock
Concept render of Nador West Med port
Ports & Terminals

CMA Terminals completes stake purchase in Morocco container terminal

Alan Bosworth
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Ports & Terminals

Antwerp-Bruges container throughput rises as empty boxes offset loaded decline

Alan Bosworth
Port of Maputo
Dredging

Mozambique's Maputo Port launches $150m capital dredging project

Jens Karsten
Naming ceremony of CMA CGM Lorenzaccio
Container Shipping

CMA CGM names new 15,000TEU methanol-powered container vessel

Gareth Havelock
A container vessel believed to be the Singapore-registered GFS Pride on fire after she struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, October 14, 2026. The ship later sank though her entire crew were all safely rescued.
Shipping

COLUMN | Cold War memories: why the world was actually much safer for seafarers back then [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
HMM Aquamarine
Container Shipping

HMM approves $1.6b investment in eight 13,000TEU newbuildings and four smaller vessels

Jens Karsten
Europe Container Terminal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ports & Terminals

MSC and Hutchison resume talks on Rotterdam Omega terminal as port seeks decision by year-end

Alan Bosworth
Container Vessel News Roundup | October 15 – US newbuild christening, Chinese yards' new contracts and more
Container Shipping

Container Vessel News Roundup | October 15 – US newbuild christening, Chinese yards' new contracts and more

Baird Maritime
Container vessels at the Port of Algeciras
Container Shipping

US Federal Maritime Commission proposes fee on Spanish-flagged vessels over port access denials

Jens Karsten
Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Two ships sink near Strait of Hormuz as waterway attacks surge

Reuters
KaÅŸif Kalkavan
Container Shipping

VESSEL REVIEW | Kaşif Kalkavan – Turkey's Turkon Line acquires multi-fuel-capable 4,000TEU newbuild

Baird Maritime
The signing of the newbuilding contract between Zhonggu Logistics and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, October 13, 2026
Container Shipping

China's Zhonggu Logistics orders two 14,000TEU newbuildings from local yard

Gareth Havelock
Odyssey of the Seas
Search and Rescue

Containership locates overboard cruise passenger after 20 hours in Ionian Sea

Alan Bosworth
Christening of Matson's new 3,600TEU ship Makua in Philadelphia, October 10, 2026
Container Shipping

Matson christens lead unit of new dual-fuel containership series

Jens Karsten
The Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika escorting a vessel through ice on the Northern Sea Route
Container Shipping

South Korea wraps up Arctic-Europe commercial shipping trial run

Reuters
DP World London, a container vessel owned by Elbdeich Reederei and chartered by DP World's Unifeeder division (representative photo only)
Container Shipping

Elbdeich Reederei orders two more containerships, taking orderbook to eight

Gareth Havelock
Port of Los Angeles
Container Shipping

China shipment surge powers US container imports to fresh monthly high

Reuters
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