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Container ship aground on the Elbe

After leaving the port of Hamburg on July 31, 2015, at 6 a.m. bound to Rotterdam, the "YM Wish" ran aground at the north tip of the Rhinplate on the Elbe off Glückstadt at 9 a.m. after having encountered an engine failure. The ship has a draught of 11,90 meters. The pilot and captain immediately ordered to drop anchors. The tugs "Bugsier 9", "Wolf", "Parat" and "Wal" as well as the multi purpose ship "Neuwerk" and the police launch "Amerikahöft" were called to assist. The ship was now being towed to the Elbe Port in Brunsbüttel for inspections, where it berthed at 3.20 p.m. Photos: http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58381&cid=6 http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58394 http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58376&cid=6 http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58360&cid=6 http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58377&cid=6 http://nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=58382 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=794268567356144&set=pcb.913903178691507&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=794268574022810&set=pcb.913903178691507&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=992712250761060&set=p.992712250761060&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=992718407427111&set=p.992718407427111&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=928124893900198&set=p.928124893900198&type=1&theater

Yang Ming’s first ship arrived in Greece's Piraeus Container Terminal

aiwan’s Yang Ming Lines, one of the leading container shipping companies formalized this week, an agreement with Cosco’s subsidiary in Hellas, Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT), under which Yang Ming will use the PCT-run facilities in the country’s biggest port as a transhipment hub for the wider region of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. This week saw the arrival of the first ship, which will serve this new trade, the newbuilding Yang Ming Wish, a 14,000 TEU vessel, which was delivered and held its maiden voyage ceremony as recently as last April 16, 2015. The vessel is chartered from its owner, Seaspan Corporation. It was the first of 15 such ships that will serve the company’s trade in the Mediterranean region. Yang Ming is represented in Hellas by Arkas Hellas. The company’s head, Aurette Arkas said that there will be four departures and arrivals per week, with cargo then transhipped through smaller vessels to other ports in the Far East. An additional two sailings will be used to serve the biggest north European ports. http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=203336

Yang Ming inaugurates service of new vessel

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp, the nation’s second-largest container shipper in terms of fleet scale, on April 20 launched the service of its first 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEU) vessel in Kaohsiung Harbor. The YM Wish is currently the largest container ship in its fleet, with the company set to take delivery of another 14 vessels by the end of next year through a lease deal inked with Seaspan Corp — a Canada-based independent container ship owner. “The introduction of these new vessels will help the company upgrade its fleet,” Yang Ming chairman Frank Lu told reporters at a ceremony to mark the ship’s maiden voyage. With lower operational costs and more efficient energy usage, the 15 new vessels could help the company save up to NT$6 billion (US$191.98 million) annually in the future, with total savings this year expected to reach NT$2 billion, Lu said. In addition, Lu said the new vessels, which would offer services for routes from the Far East to Europe, could give Yang Ming an edge in the highly competitive ultra-large vessel market. After the new vessels join the shipper’s fleet, Yang Ming might transfer several 8,000-TEU container ships operating in European routes to US routes, to boost the company’s competitiveness in the US market.