Alphaliner: Maersk Could Sell APM Terminals and Damco
Danish shipping major Maersk Line’s container shipping related units, APM Terminals (APMT) and Damco, could be spun-off or divested entirely, following the company’s strategic and structural review, according to Alphaliner… Read More
Update: Ferry Runs Aground after Igniting off San Juan
All passengers and crewmembers from the 561-foot passenger/car ferry Caribbean Fantasy, which ignited earlier today, were safely disembarked from the ship and brought to San Juan’s Pier 6… Read More
Hapag-Lloyd Loads First Train Shipment for Peru
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has loaded a metro train with six cars today in Salerno, Italy, aboard the 2013-built containership Cerinthus, which will be transported to the Peruvian port of Callao… Read More
UK Sentences Turkish Sailors to 42 Years for Drug Smuggling
Two Turkish sailors have been jailed for a total of 42 years in relation to the largest ever seizure of cocaine in the UK made in April 2015 some 100 miles off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland… Read More
Meyer Turku Kicks Off Construction of New Mein Schiff
Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has launched the production of a new generation of Mein Schiff ships, being built for Hamburg-based cruise line TUI Cruises, with a steel cutting ceremony at the shipbuilder’s steel hall… Read More
World Maritime News Staff