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Shipping News and information / Newbuildings > 4.000 TEU intake: deliveries October 2005

« on: November 21, 2005, 06:25:10 PM »

vessel | TEU intake | operator

P&O Nedlloyd Carolinas | 4.100 | P&O Nedlloyd
P&O Nedlloyd Carthago | 4.100 | P&O Nedlloyd
Wan Hai 305 | 4.300 | Wan Hai Lines
Xin Bei Lun | 4.300 | China Shipping
Xin Nan Sha | 4.300 | China Shipping
CP Kanha | 4.300 | CP Ships
MSC Florida | 4.400 | MSC
MSC Martha | 5.900 | MSC
MSC Carolina | 5.900 | MSC
MOL Paramount | 6.400 | MOL
Hanjin Baltimore | 7.500 | Hanjin
MSC Busan | 8.000 | MSC
Gunvor Maersk | 9.100 | Maersk
MSC Chicago | 9.200 | MSC

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Shipping News and information / MSC Cruises ordered two luxury cruiseliners

« on: November 15, 2005, 06:36:08 PM »

Italian MSC Crociere have signed a contract on Nov. 14th with the French Alstom-Group regarding two newbuildings of nearly the same size as the  "Queen Mary 2".

Both vessels will be built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St. Nazaire/France, who built the QM2 two years ago. Deliveries shall be June 2008 (MSC FANTASIA) and March 2009 (MSC SERENATA). Main data's: loa 333 m, beam 38 m, 23 knots, 1.650 cabins -whereof 1.260 with balconies.
Passenger capacity: abt. 4.000, crew abt. 1.300.
(msc press release)

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Shipping News and information / Bulker aground

« on: November 15, 2005, 06:19:46 PM »

On Nov. 11th, bulker EVER MIGHTY (IMO 9128489), sailing under the flag of Panama, ran aground at the northern entrance of the Belt, close to the Danish island Samsoe.
She was on her way from Ventspils to Tilbury, with a full load of 69.000 tons of coal. It is reported that 10.000 tons must be lightered into a barge, which will arrive mid of this week. EVER MIGHTY can be traced at AISlive in the map of "West Baltic".

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Shipping News and information / coaster or not ?

« on: October 07, 2005, 06:06:17 PM »

Dear all,

I must confess that every time I'm going to upload a photo of a "smaller" vessel I hestite were to place it: either coaster or gen.cargo.

Taking Lloyds register as the bible for description of ships, even those we consider as coasters are gen.cargo vessels. Coasters do not only sail along the coasts, but are also trading as deepsea vessels. There are surely a lot of members who have sailed on coasters for example across the Atlantic, via Suez- or Panama-canal to far away destinations.  

On the other hand, none of us would consider MSC's
"MSC MEE MAY" (GT 16.660) as a coaster, while nowadays she is trading in coastal waters only (UK->Benelux->Germany v.v.).

As I see it, coasters can only be considered as such, if they are allowed by classification society/authorities to sail within coastal waters - otherwise they should be treated as (deepsea)gen.cargo vessels. As long as neither LR nor Equasis nor MaritmeData show any hint in this respect, shall keep on hesitating.

Appreciate your comments.

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Shipping News and information / CMA CGM: fleet increase

« on: October 06, 2005, 01:40:16 PM »

Marseille based CMA CGM , also known as

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Shipping News and information / Strike in Antwerp

« on: October 06, 2005, 11:39:40 AM »

The Federation of Port Companies and Logistic Service Providers have called a strike in the Port of Antwerp as from Oct. 7th, 06.00 h up to Oct. 8th, 06.00 h.

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Shipping News and information / 13.000 TEU carriers to come in 2009 ?

« on: September 30, 2005, 10:35:41 AM »

German Shipping Gazette reporting :

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, biggest shipyard in the world, and German classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL), have finalized their studies and investigations regarding the new generation of 13.000 TEU carriers.

Main characteristics of such vessels to read:
Loa: 382 m | beam 54,2 m | draft 13,5 m |  2/two engines

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Shipping News and information / Ferry REGINA BALTICA grounded

« on: September 29, 2005, 06:13:59 PM »

Nearly exactly eleven years after the tragedy of the ferry ESTONIA, which sank Sept. 28, 1994 with 854 people on board, same company

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Shipping News and information / QUEEN MARY 2 - drydocking in Hamburg

« on: September 26, 2005, 04:54:14 PM »

Dear all,

German internet news "Spiegel Online" reports today, that Cunard's QUEEN MARY 2 will be drydocking at Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg as from Nov. 8th up to Nov. 19th for normal maintenance.

Competitors like Alstom (France), Masa Kvaerner (Finland) and Fincantieri (Italy) lost this important biz.