UECC takes delivery of landmark PCTC
UECC has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel LNG battery-hybrid pure car truck carrier (PCTC).
DNV adds competence standard
Classification society DNV has introduced a competence standard for vessel remote control centre operators (RCCO).
Gebrüder expands in Bulgaria
Gebrüder Weiss has completed the integration of Rhenus Bulgaria’s operations into its network, adding four locations in Burgas, Svilengrad, Varna and Plovdiv.
Kristoffersen named at Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Lasse Kristoffersen has been named ceo of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, a role he will assume in June 2022.
Allelys supports motorway improvement scheme
Allelys has delivered ten 48 m-long bridge beams as part of the M6 junction 10 improvement scheme in the UK.
Integrated lifts with Tadano
Integrated Logistics utilised its 1,600-tonne capacity CC 8800-1 to lift 240-tonne spudcans and 246-tonne jack-up legs for the Rumailah Lift Boat at the Ras Laffan shipyard in Qatar for N-KOM.
Inaugural lift for the MOD 1100/2000
Modulift’s latest spreader beam – the 2,000-tonne capacity MOD 1100/2000 – has been used for its first lift in Dover, UK.
The development of ocean freight rates
Forecasting the trajectory of shipping rates even in the short term is highly problematic. However, Transport Intelligence (Ti) believes it is likely that there will be ‘regression to the mean’ and that there have been no big changes to the industry dynamics that suggest the sky-high rates will be the new normal.
Pembroke progresses with port projects
The renovation of the UK’s Pembroke Port’s Hangar Annexes into flexible workspaces and a workshop has begun as the gateway presses ahead with projects to develop into an energy and engineering centre that supports wind, wave and tidal renewable energy projects.
Mammoet moves for Capital Power
Mammoet has assisted its customer Capital Power with the replacement of a stator at the Genesee generating station, located southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
