All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2020 – Page 4
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NewsBreakbulk Americas moved to November
Breakbulk Americas will now take place on November 3-5, 2020 in Houston.
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NewsBarnett to head up ABP’s energy strategy
Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Nick Barnett as its group head of commercial – energy.
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NewsSaigon Port adds Konecranes unit
Saigon Port has ordered a Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane that will be stationed at Tan Thuan port in southern Vietnam.
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NewsOsprey invests in its barge fleet
UK-headquartered Osprey Group has signed a GBP3 million (USD3.7 million) shipbuilding contract for two offshore barges – Osprey Bouwer and Osprey Fabrique.
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NewsBoskalis refinances RCF
Royal Boskalis Westminster has refinanced its revolving credit facility (RCF), providing the company with EUR500 million (USD544.4 million) until April 2025.
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NewsCSS delivers in Bahrain
Consolidated Shipping Services (CSS) has coordinated the transportation of over-dimensional and general cargoes from Khalifa Bin Salman port in Bahrain to a power and desalination project located inland.
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NewsSpierings and Kanoo Cranes partner up
Spierings Mobile Cranes has appointed Kanoo Cranes as the exclusive dealer for Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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NewsSarens plans Ukrainian expansion
Sarens Ukraine plans to increase its crane fleet by five units, by the end of 2020.
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NewsKaskasi FID, contracts announced
innogy SE made a final investment decision (FID) on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea.
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NewsMonitoring compliance on the backburner
The Covid-19 pandemic is masking the true picture of sulphur 2020 compliance, according to maritime consultancy Hill Dickinson.
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NewsNorthwester 2 turbine success
Parkwind, in cooperation with MHI Vestas and Jan De Nul Group, has completed the installation of 23 turbines at the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.
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NewsHoffman boosts fleet with extra capacity
Piscataway, New Jersey-based Hoffman Equipment – which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year – has expanded its fleet with Manitowoc and Grove cranes.
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NewsInternational Group launches Covid-19 tracking tool
Global marine insurer North P&I has introduced a Covid-19 tracking tool, which has been made available to the International Group of P&I Clubs.
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NewsAN-225 delivers vital supplies
Antonov Airlines’ AN-225 Mriya freighter has delivered 100 tonnes of medical supplies from China to Warsaw, Poland, which will aid in the fight against Covid-19.
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NewsDEME makes Borssele progress
DEME Offshore has installed 47 out of the 94 foundations for Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands.
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NewsMammoet completes SWCRR project scope
Mammoet has completed its heavy lift and transport scope for the Southwest Calgary Ring Road (SWCRR) project, which began in 2017.
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NewsHuisman names Roodenburg as CEO
Huisman has appointed David Roodenburg as ceo, succeeding Theo Bruijninckx who takes on the role of cfo.
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NewsBreakbulk throughput falls in Antwerp
The volatility of world trade since mid-2019 has impacted the port of Antwerp’s breakbulk volume in the first quarter of 2020, resulting in a total decline of 27.8 percent compared to the same period of last year.
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NewsWWPC postpones conference
The Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has postponed its 20th annual conference, which was scheduled to take place in Zanzibar, Tanzania in September, to 2021.
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NewsFalling charter rates for multipurpose shipping
Time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector have dropped even further over the last month, according to shipbroker Toepfer Transport.