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Cargotec is supplying for eight ship-sets of loose container lashings for CSCL's series of 14,100 TEU container ships.
“CSCL order is the biggest single deal we have won so far in the China area for our lashing business,” says Tommi Keskilohko, sales manager for container ships at Cargotec. “The CSCL contract came about through good and close co-operation with our local marketing team in Shanghai, and further strengthens the relationship with our very important customer,” Keskilohko continues.
Containers are exposed to numerous external forces such as wind and waves and the mass of the cargo is also accelerated by ship movements. Each year a large number of containers are washed overboard as a result of insufficient lashings, extreme weather, and/or incorrect loading or overloading.
Container lashing systems need to have margins for rough handling and therefore safe and robust design is important to reduce operational errors and to ensure durability. Cargotec offers MacGregor and AllSet lashing products and systems, which have designs based on years of experience. They offer the highest possible cargo safety standards and are quick and easy to operate to meet tight port schedules.

CHINA Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd (CSCL) will continue to make Westports Malaysia in Port Klang its mega transshipment hub in Southeast Asia. A Westports statement said Ma Zehua, CSCL vice-president, made the commitment to Westports' executive chairman Tan Sri G. Ghanalingam during a recent visit to the port.
CSCL is Westports' second largest customer after French liner CMA CGM. Last year, Westports handled some 552,000 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) for CSCL, including for the group's feeder liner, Puhai Shipping, and the volume is expected to increase this year."We have been constantly improving the productivity rate on their vessels."They have not only grown in terms of volume but also in terms of vessel sizes as more and more mega-sized vessels are making regular calls at Westports," the statement added. – Bernama

Seaspan Corp has revealed its decision to delay delivery of as many as 16 boxships from a number of Asian shipyards.
The New York-listed company will pay $19m to a variety of Asian shipyards for the right to delay deliveries of 11 of the 23 ships it has on order. It will pay between $1.3m and $1.8m per vessel in order to defer deliveries from two to 15 months.
The owner has 45 containerships in service and a further 23 on order after taking delivery of three vessels this year. Earlier this month, Seaspan took delivery of the 8,495 teu Cosco Japan, the first of eight ships it ordered in May 2007 at Hyundai Heavy Industries on the back of long-term charters to Cosco Container Lines (Coscon). It also received the 2,544 teu Guayaquil Bridge, the first of two ships ordered at Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for long-term charter to K Line and the 5,100 teu Hyundai built MOL Empire on charter to MOL.
A further seven in the 8,500 teu series are on charter to China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), to whom Seaspan charters around half its fleet. Other vessels for delivery to Seaspan over the coming 30 months include two of 4,250 teu, five of 4,500 teu and eight of 13,100 teu.