Panama seizes 208 drug packages on Liberia-flagged containership

A total of 208 packages containing drugs were seized by authorities from a containership’s ventilation system…

COSCO Shipping christens new mega containership

China’s COSCO Shipping Lines has named COSCO Shipping Leo, a 20,000 TEU containership newbuild. The naming ceremony…

PHOTOS: The worst containership disasters in recent history

Each year, more than 100 million containers are shipped across the globe on containerships that can…

Maersk containership loses 70 containers overboard off U.S. East Coast

A Maersk containership lost about 70 containers overboard on Saturday night while about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet,…

300kg of cocaine found on containership in Italy 

By Jite Eriabie  Italian authorities seized up to 300 kg of cocaine from a containership berthed…

Disabled containership MOL Prestige under tow off British Columbia

  The disabled containership MOL Prestige is under tow back to Canada after suffering an engine…

Iranian containership runs aground off Hong Kong

By Jite Eriabie  The 4,922-teu Iran-flagged containership Touska ran aground on a tiny islet off the…

Niger Delta pirates attack containership, kidnap six 

Six crew members, including the captain, were kidnapped from the Liberian-flagged containership Demeter while the ship was…

Why containership surplus will persist – Alphaliner 

  With weaker demand in the fourth quarter and a steady stream of new vessel deliveries,…

2017-built containership heads for scrapyard 

By Jite Eriabie   The 2017-built containership Kea Trader will have to be scrapped after running…

Crew find drugs on containership in Peru

By Jite Eriabie An unidentified quantity of drugs was found on board a container vessel Dimitris C while…

BIMCO warns of distortion in containership ordering 

Hungry shipyards and shipping companies being eager to be top dog is a toxic cocktail which,…