The CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the christening of the world’s largest containership, the CMA CGM MARCO POLO (16 000 TEU), today at the Container Terminal of Zeebrugge, in presence of her godmother, Mrs. Naila Saadé, President of the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation and wife of Mr. Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM Group Chairman and…
NATO is urging the merchant shipping community not to lower their guard or preparation over the Christmas period as the pirates operating in the Indian Ocean and surrounding waters will not be taking a holiday. The recent attack (16th December) on the MV Torm Kristina proves that the pirates are still on the lookout…
After being refused entry into Singapore, 40 shipwreck survivors from Myanmar were taken in by Malaysia Tuesday. The men, believed to be Rohingya refugees, were rescued off the coast of Singapore on December 5th after their vessel, the Nago, sank after making a port of call in Myanmar’s western Rakhine province. The vessel, carrying…
Singapore port moved 2.59m teu of containers in November, beating the volumes registered a year ago, according to data from Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The world’s second busiest container port posted a 4.7% year-on-year increase in throughput in November. Volumes, however, dipped 3.2% month-on-month compared to October throughput of 2.68m teu.…