CMA CGM has announced the naming ceremony for its next 15,000 TEU methanol dual fuel containership, CMA CGM Roi Arthur, which will join the company’s REX2 weekly service operating between Asian and Red Sea ports. According to a social media post, the naming ceremony was attended by the ship’s Master, Captain Roman Didenko, and her godmother, Sun Lijun, Vice Chairman of Tianjin Bridge Welding Materials Group Co., Ltd. and Vice President of the Tianjin Women Entrepreneurs Association. The CMA CGM Roi Arthur sails under the Maltese flag. In June this year, CMA took delivery of the methanol capable 15,000 TEU […]

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has launched tenders for up to six 8,000 TEU LNG dual fuel containerships. The tenders cover the construction and delivery of two vessels with options for a further four ships. Indian shipyards who wish to submit tenders must complete a shipyard qualification template. If a domestic yard does not have previous experience of constructing cellular containerships, they must demonstrate that they have collaborated with an international shipyard which has delivered at least two containerships of more than 5,000 TEU capacity in the last 10 years which are currently in service. Any international shipyards must […]

Propel by ZeroNorth, which is already being used by the company’s key customers Cargill, Ultrabulk and CMB.TECH, handles repetitive manual tasks related to voyage optimisation that were previously handled by operators. As an AI partner, Propel generates a voyage plan, manages communication with the master, incorporates feedback into the plan and updates it, while keeping the operator informed throughout. As explained by ZeroNorth, new agents will be introduced on an ongoing basis. The company will test each new functionality with its partners, and the intention is that Propel will eventually operate across voyage, vessel and fuel workflows, ‘monitoring operations continuously, […]