All AAL Shipping articles

  • AAL holds naming ceremony for AAL Dubai 1
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    AAL holds naming ceremony for AAL Dubai

    2025-03-14T08:00:00Z

    Multipurpose carrier AAL Shipping has held a formal naming ceremony for AAL Dubai, its fifth Super B-class vessel.

  • AAL Limassol with its Eco-Deck in place, halding wind turbine blades
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    AAL opts for Octopus advisory system for Super B-class

    2025-02-20T08:03:00Z

    AAL Shipping has chosen the ABB Ability Octopus marine advisory system to optimise operations of its advanced fleet of Super B-class heavy lift vessels.

  • JSI Basrah
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    Measured steps in the Middle East’s economic diversification

    2025-02-11T13:53:00Z

    The Middle East’s primary generator of project logistics activity, the oil and gas sector, still commands the lion’s share of attention. Nevertheless, profits derived from fossil fuels are being funnelled into various markets, including transport infrastructure, civil construction and renewable energy. The pace of diversification may be gradual, but there is a tangible sense that the region is laying the groundwork for a more resilient future. Chris Lewis reports.

  • AAL transports 560-tonne crane body from Japan to USA 1
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    Heavy lifts and trade shifts

    2025-01-30T11:12:00Z

    As AAL Shipping delivers a 560-tonne crane body from Japan to the USA, the company reflects on the resilience of heavy lift logistics amid shifting US trade policies and geopolitical tensions.

  • AAL services in Australia impacted by industrial action
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    AAL services in Australia impacted by industrial action

    2025-01-14T08:00:00Z

    AAL Shipping’s operations in Australia will be impacted by ongoing industrial action at some of the country’s key ports.

  • Storage tanks at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project in Norway
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    ​Carbon capture prospects look bright – but costly

    2024-12-27T08:00:00Z

    Growing worldwide interest in fitting carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology at fossil fuel power plants to reduce harmful CO2 emissions could create additional business opportunities for project logistics providers. Such technology is imperative in achieving net-zero targets while using fossil-fuelled power generation methods. While the prospects look good on paper, high costs mean many projects remain on the drawing board

  • Karim Smaili, General Manager Middle East at AAL Shipping
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    AAL strengthening focus on Indian market

    2024-12-04T10:00:00Z

    AAL Shipping’s 31,000 dwt AAL Kembla recently delivered heavy lift cargoes from India to the Americas.

  • Marr M2480D cranes in action at Hinkley Point C scaled
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    Nuclear power’s growth spurt

    2024-12-02T12:19:00Z

    The nuclear power generation sector could be a panacea for the world’s energy needs. However, large-scale projects are often highly politicised and are subject to delays and cost overruns. SMR technology has been touted as an alternative, although this too faces public relations and permitting challenges, while development timelines are obscure. Project logisticians and heavy lift service providers remain sanguine on the prospects.

  • AAL Shipping moving power generation equipment to the Tropicana gold mine.
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    Mining houses tap into green energy resources

    2024-11-18T10:34:00Z

    Miners in Australia are increasingly installing renewable energy sources to cut their net carbon emissions, creating work for heavy lift and multipurpose carriers.

  • Port Canaveral Reopened
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    Environmental challenges for ports persist in the wake of Hurricane Milton

    2024-10-18T07:57:00Z

    While Gulf Coast ports have reopened following Hurricane Milton, issues regarding the impact of weather and its disruptive potential on port operations remain a key concern for multiple industries and logistics in particular.

  • AAL Hamburg to deliver barges as part of maiden voyage
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    AAL Hamburg to deliver barges as part of maiden voyage

    2024-10-09T09:10:00Z

    AAL Hamburg is to deliver four barges as part of its maiden voyage.

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    Shortlist spotlight 2024: Innovation Award

    2024-09-02T08:27:00Z Sponsored by

    HLPFI reviews the five entries that made it onto this year’s Innovation Award shortlist, sponsored by HLI Rail & Rigging.

  • First LakerMax newbuild delivered to BBC Chartering
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    High hurdles cleared in decarbonisation push

    2024-08-22T08:46:00Z

    The heavy lift and multipurpose shipping sector will play an integral role in the global energy transition, however, decarbonising its own activities has proven to be a challenge. Still, the regulatory net around the sector is tightening and the latest FuelEU Maritime rules are likely to have a significant impact.

  • AAL Europe-Asia liner
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    AAL boosts capacity with express Europe – Asia liner service

    2024-08-21T12:33:00Z

    To meet growing market demand for multipurpose/heavy lift cargo capacity ex Europe, AAL Shipping has introduced a new scheduled monthly Europe – Asia express liner service.

  • AAL Limassol loading barges in Nantong
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    AAL Limassol completes maiden voyage

    2024-08-14T12:44:00Z

    AAL Shipping’s 32,000 dwt Super B-class vessel AAL Limassol has completed its maiden voyage to Europe.

  • AAL Shipping releases Sustainability Report 2023
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    AAL Shipping meets annual ESG targets

    2024-07-18T08:57:00Z

    AAL Shipping has met its annual environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets, according to its 2023 sustainability report. 

  • AAL Hamburg
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    AAL Shipping takes newbuild delivery

    2024-07-15T11:42:00Z

    Multipurpose carrier AAL Shipping has taken delivery of the second Super B-class newbuilding, AAL Hamburg.

  • AAL delivers cutting-edge HRSG cargoes to home market
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    AAL delivers cutting-edge HRSG cargoes to home market

    2024-07-04T09:35:00Z

    AAL Shipping has delivered heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) components for Keppel Infrastructure’s 600 MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant under construction on Jurong Island in Singapore – a site that will become the first hydrogen-ready and most advanced facility of its kind in the country.

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    AAL Shipping ups Super B-class order with improved specifications

    2024-05-22T07:02:00Z

    Multipurpose carrier AAL Shipping has ordered two additional 32,000 dwt Super B-class vessels, bringing its newbuilding order up to eight.

  • AAL Limassol delivered
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    AAL Limassol delivered

    2024-04-29T10:03:00Z

    AAL Shipping has taken delivery of the first Super B-class vessel AAL Limassol, with a naming ceremony taking place on April 26 in Guangzhou, China.