InterManager Daily News 28.05.2024.

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X-Press Feeders returns to Shanghai Waigaoqiao for 10,000 teu series X-Press Feeders has signed a letter of intent for four conventionally fuelled 10,000 teu ships with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), according to MB Shipbrokers, formerly Maersk Broker. The deal covers the last 2027 container slots at SWS with the ships priced at $115m per unit. X-Press Feeders returns to Shanghai Waigaoqiao for 10,000 teu series – Splash247
2. Shipmanagement magazine launched ahead of Posidonia Now has never been a better time to sell the pros of outsourcing ships. Why aren’t the world’s managers raking in far more clients?The argument to outsource has never been stronger, and yet less than one in five ships are farmed out to managers today. Shipmanagement magazine launched ahead of Posidonia – Splash247
3. Damen tug quartet to run on CMB.TECH hydrogen power CMB.TECH and Dutch shipbuilder Damen have signed an agreement to collaborate on hydrogen-powered ASD Tugs.These tugs will use CMB.TECH’s dual-fuel hydrogen technology and be built by Damen. The collaboration entails work on four initial vessels. Damen tug quartet to run on CMB.TECH hydrogen power – Splash247
4. Box spot rates ‘entering pandemic-level territory’ Drewry’s composite World Container Index increased 16% to $4,072 per feu this week, sustaining remarkable increases recorded throughout May and pushing box shipping back towards the all-time highs of the covid era earlier this decade. Box spot rates ‘entering pandemic-level territory’ – Splash247
5. Vessels Used For Delivering Aid To Gaza Via U.S.-Built Pier Run Aground Heavy seas battered the U.S. maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza on Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, with four vessels serving a floating aid delivery pier breaking free from their moorings.No injuries were reported and the aid pier remains fully functional, CENTCOM said in a statement, adding that no U.S. personnel would enter Gaza. Vessels Used For Delivering Aid To Gaza Via U.S.-Built Pier Run Aground
6. China Conducts Mock Missile Strikes on Taiwan China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te.China Conducts Mock Missile Strikes on Taiwan
7. MARAD Announces $4.8 Million in Funding for Marine Highways The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced plans to allocate $4.8 million in Fiscal Year 2024 funds to the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP).The amount is significantly less than the $12 million awarded in FY 2023 and the $39 million granted in FY 2022, which included $25 million through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and an additional $14.8 million via the 2022 Appropriations Act. MARAD Announces $4.8 Million in Funding for Marine Highways
8. Argentina To Build New Dry Bulk River Port Terminales y Servicios S.A. is to build a new agro-industrial port at the town of Timbúes in the Argentinian province of Santa Fe.This will require investment in the region of $550 million. Work commenced at the end of March this year. According to the company its construction will consolidate the area as “one of the largest agro-industrial export hubs in the world”. Shipping Tribune
9. Why using unverified anti snap-back solutions can be a serious threat to safety in mooring operations Mooring operations are one of the most dangerous operational activities that ship and shore personnel must carry out on a daily basis.The International Group of P&I Clubs was notified of 858 injuries and a shocking 31 fatalities in mooring-related accidents over a five-year period up to 2021, providing a sobering reminder of the inherent risks. Why using unverified anti snap-back solutions can be a serious threat to safety in mooring operations – Cyprus Shipping News
10. Has container peak season come early for shippers and lines? A combination of weather conditions, trade demand and geopolitics has buoyed containership freight and charter rates, reports MSIA combination of the ongoing Cape Of Good Hope diversions, a stronger-than-expected demand rebound and weather delays in major Chinese ports is the most likely explanation for the freight rate rally of the past four weeks, according to MSI. Has container peak season come early for shippers and lines? – Cyprus Shipping News