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News about the logistics of over-dimensional and heavy cargoes within the European market

  • Thor_copyright RWE first foundation for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm installed
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    Jan De Nul kicks off Thor installation campaign

    2025-05-01T07:00:00Z

    On 29 April 2025, Jan De Nul started the monopile foundation installation campaign for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm. Heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has installed the first of 72 monopiles for Denmark’s largest wind farm to date.

  • Leith opens deepwater berth
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    Leith opens deepwater berth

    2025-05-01T07:00:00Z

    Forth Ports’ new deepwater riverside berth at the port of Leith has been formally opened. It is designed to handle the world’s largest offshore wind construction vessels.

  • Autotrasporti Porro opts for pair of Tadano all-terrain cranes 1
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    Autotrasporti Porro opts for pair of Tadano all-terrain cranes

    2025-05-01T07:00:00Z

    Italian lifting and transport company Autotrasporti Porro has added two all-terrain cranes to its fleet by purchasing an AC 7.450-1 and AC 4.080-1 from Tadano, both of which are new models.

  • PD Ports is planning to develop a large offshore wind manufacturing and installation hubs – the Teesport Offshore Gateway.
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    PD Ports plans offshore gateway

    2025-04-30T09:30:00Z

    PD Ports is planning to develop a large offshore wind manufacturing and installation hubs – the Teesport Offshore Gateway.

  • Marraffa orders first jack-up system from Enerpac
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    Marraffa orders first jack-up system from Enerpac

    2025-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Italian heavy lift specialist Marraffa has invested in an Enerpac JS-250 jack-up system for future bridge launching projects in what is the company’s first Enerpac heavy lift system.

  • Mammoet moves and installs equipment for CCU plant in Germany 1
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    Mammoet moves and installs equipment for CCU plant in Germany

    2025-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Transport engineering specialist Mammoet, on behalf of Linde Engineering, has moved and installed equipment for a carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) unit at a cement plant in Triefenstein, Germany.

  • Chipolbrok Galaxy busy with project cargo voyages 1
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    Chipolbrok Galaxy busy with project cargo voyages

    2025-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Chipolbrok’s multipurpose vessel Chipolbrok Galaxy has been busy picking up and delivering project cargo for projects in Europe, North Africa, the Suez Canal and Asia via the Suez Canal.

  • Dates set for Shipping Days 2026
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    Dates set for Shipping Days 2026

    2025-04-30T09:30:00Z

    France’s La Rochelle will host the fourth edition of the Shipping Days exhibition, an event dedicated to maritime transport and breakbulk shipping, from April 8-9, 2026.

  • CCT adds ninth Gottwald MHC
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    CCT adds ninth Gottwald MHC

    2025-04-29T09:48:00Z

    Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) in the Netherlands has ordered a Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 mobile harbour crane (MHC) in order to meet rising cargo demands and more ambitious CO2 emission targets.

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    Ceva acquires Borusan Tedarik

    2025-04-29T08:35:00Z

    Ceva Logistics, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent of Borusan Tedarik Zinciri Çözümleri ve Teknoloji Anonim Şirketi, which is based in Türkiye.

  • Modulift lifting beam used for tight schedule and tight squeeze 1
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    Modulift lifting beam used for tight schedule and tight squeeze

    2025-04-28T07:00:00Z

    Specialist lifting equipment manufacturer Modulift, alongside UK-based firms RSG Rentals and Keltbray Lifting, has used a multi-point lifting beam to lift an eight-tonne section of an existing façade retention structure in central London, the UK.

  • BladeMAX1000 completes maiden project 1
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    BladeMAX1000 makes debut in Germany

    2025-04-25T15:16:00Z

    Cometto’s BladeMAX1000 completed its debut project by transporting 15 XXL wind turbine blades and tower sections to a wind farm in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

  • ACS opens fourth office in Germany
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    ACS opens fourth office in Germany

    2025-04-25T15:10:00Z

    Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a fourth office in Germany, in Cologne. This adds to the company’s charter operations in Frankfurt and Munich, along with its time critical headquarters, also in Frankfurt.

  • Collett launches prime mover, delivers transformer 1
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    Collett introduces TGX SLM 41.640 prime mover

    2025-04-25T07:13:00Z

    UK-based heavy transport provider Collett & Sons has introduced its new MAN TGX SLM 41.640 heavy-duty prime mover.

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    Esbjerg fairway deepening project completed

    2025-04-25T07:08:00Z

    The fairway to Denmark’s Port Esbjerg has now been fully deepened. The upgrade enables access for larger vessels, increased cargo volumes and new opportunities in both the energy and defence sectors.

  • Rotterdam-MartensMultimedia-Q1 2023
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    Volumes slide at Rotterdam

    2025-04-25T07:03:00Z

    Total cargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of last year. However, the Porthos project helped bolster breakbulk volumes at the port.

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    Chapman Freeborn partners with SkyXS

    2025-04-24T07:00:00Z

    Charter brokerage Chapman Freeborn has agreed a strategic partnership with general sales and service agent (GSSA), SkyXS Aircargo Service Network (SkyXS).

  • Liebherr takes orders from Brazil and Germany 2
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    Liebherr takes orders from Brazil and Germany

    2025-04-24T07:00:00Z

    Equipment manufacturer Liebherr has taken orders for its LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane, as well as its LTM 1300-6.3 mobile crane.

  • Mammoet commits to HVO
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    Mammoet commits to HVO

    2025-04-23T11:06:00Z

    Transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Mammoet will implement hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) across the Netherlands, UK and Canada from Q2 2025.

  • Autovictor orders AC 6.300-1
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    Autovictor orders AC 6.300-1

    2025-04-23T09:30:00Z

    Italian crane and lifting specialist Autovictor has ordered an AC 6.300-1 from Japan-headquartered lifting equipment manufacturer Tadano.