February 11 - Seaway Heavy Lifting has appointed Peter de Bree as its new chief operating officer (coo).
De Bree takes over from Huib Oosterveld, who has left Seaway after 18 years of service as an engineer, project manager, operations manager and coo.
De Bree, who will be based in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, brings extensive experience of the heavy lifting industry to Seaway, having held various positions at Heerema, and most recently at Applus RTD in Rotterdam.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Total cargo throughput of the port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 70.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with container throughput increasing and the general cargo sector showing signs of recovery.
CPC Coli Project Cargo in Istanbul, a subsidiary of Germany’s COLI Group, completed more than 12 industrial projects in the first quarter of 2024. With more contracts in the orderbook, and an expansion of the multipurpose fleet on the cards, the outlook is positive.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
Spanish logistics service provider Bergé has set up an industrial process logistics division, which focuses on consolidating industrial logistics activity for the automotive and steel industries.
