CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping Group and France’s leading, has the pleasure to announce that passengers cabins are now available on board the CMA CGM MARCO POLO, the world’s largest container ship of 16 020 TEUs*. This giant of the seas which has exceptional dimensions (longer than 396m) is the equivalent…
International experts are meeting at IMO Headquarters this week, in the form of an Expert Workshop, to begin work on updating the inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG) from international shipping, with a view to providing reliable and up-to-date information on which IMO, through its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), might base its work on…
Fifteen crewmen were rescued from a Panama-registered freighter after it erupted in flames off China’s east coast. Local maritime authorities reported that one crewmember was still aboard the blazing HUA SHAN. None of the rescued 15 was hurt; all of the crewmen are South Korean. The freighter was carrying a cargo of 4,000 tons…
A Taiwanese cargo ship collided with two Japanese fishing boats on Monday, causing them to capsize in western Japan’s Osaka Bay – leaving one dead and one missing. The two fishing vessels, operated by a total crew of 4, reportedly hit the WAN HAI in the early hours of Monday morning. The Taiwanese Foreign…