Bolk Transport has established Breakbulk River Cargo (BBRC) to offer regular connections between the North and Black seas using Europe’s inland waterways.
Offering services on the Rhine-Main-Danube canal, Bolk is encouraging the use of European waterways as a cost-effective transport route for breakbulk, high and heavy, ro-ro and other project cargo.
Bolk Transport is a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Austria.
Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Great Abidjan, the fourth G5-class multipurpose ro-ro vessel in a six-vessel order from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Chinese-Polish multipurpose shipping line Chipolbrok has appointed Radoslaw Chmieliński as managing director of its Gdynia office.
Container shipping group MSC, through its subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, has proposed a NOK7.64 billion (USD700 million) takeover of Norwegian ro-ro tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC).
USA-based Maxim Crane Works has appointed Larry Lis as the company’s chief operations officer.
Blue Water Shipping has relocated and expanded its facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland, with a new office, modern warehouse and an additional laydown area.
Shipping group Maersk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas to build a nacelle manufacturing plant and logistical base for offshore wind turbines at the Mokpo New Port Hinterland Complex in South Korea.
