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A wave of new vessel orders from MSC and HMM has pushed the global containership orderbook to a fresh record of 16.2 million TEU as scrapping activity stays near historic lows.
The crew of the container ship Espirito Santos Express abandoned the vessel in the Atlantic Ocean after an explosion and fire broke out on a voyage from Singapore to Santos, Brazil.
Singapore’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre coordinated the successful rescue of all 25 crew members from the container ship MSC Hermes III after they abandoned the vessel in a lifeboat off Vietnam.
A South Korean harbor tug capsized while assisting an MSC containership off Busan, killing one crew member and leaving six others missing as a multi-day search operation continues.
