All Insight articles – Page 3

  • Huisman worked with BMS
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    Huisman developing cranes with future requirements in mind

    2024-10-28T07:56:00Z

    As offshore wind turbines increase in size, Cees van Veluw, product director for cranes at Huisman, noted that the lifting gear used to handle turbine components has to offer increasingly high capacities – an area in which Huisman has plenty of experience.

  • Sarens LR 125000-1 in Rostock
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    Liebherr takes wind energy focus

    2024-10-23T11:00:00Z

    Daniel Searle spoke with German manufacturer Liebherr on its range of equipment suited to the handling of wind energy cargoes.

  • Credit port of Antwerp-Bruges 2021_07_13_PortOfAntwerp_Projectlading-1962
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    Concerted drive to futureproof European ports

    2024-10-22T06:00:00Z

    Europe has been in an economic malaise and industrial output has been on the wane. Still, there is a concerted drive to develop port infrastructure that is not only capable of handling the next generation of oversize cargoes but is sustainable and resilient. Technology and cooperation are touted as central to realising progress, although financial bottlenecks continue to hinder the market. David Kershaw reports.

  • CPC ABB Vanessa II
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    Japan: Wind offers project cargo promise but challenges remain

    2024-10-21T09:34:00Z

    Much of Japan’s project logistics prowess is borne out of projects that are managed by the nation’s EPC contractors but are ultimately executed abroad. However, there are domestic opportunities in the renewables sector that are likely to keep the region’s logisticians busy if red tape and infrastructure challenges can be overcome.

  • DHL Industrial Projects at work in the USA
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    ​Busy US project logistics sector awaits election outcome

    2024-10-18T08:00:00Z

    The USA’s project logistics business has been at full tilt in recent years. Although operators remain busy, there is growing caution about the market with projects on hold awaiting the outcome of autumn’s presidential race. Ian Putzger reports.

  • DHL IP Jake Swanson
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    CHIPS act spurs project logistics activity as power demands surge

    2024-10-17T10:51:00Z

    The US government’s CHIPS and Science Act, signed in August 2022, has spawned the development of new semiconductor production facilities across the country. Those spoken with by Ian Putzger in HLPFI’s latest USA report highlight how this sector has emerged as a strong source of work for the project cargo community.

  • Graph showing the journey to 2030 in offshore wind according to research conducted by TGS for their latest 4C Offshore market intelligence report.
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    Offshore wind surges amid policy uncertainly and turbine size race

    2024-09-30T15:36:00Z

    Energy data and intelligence provider TGS has released its latest quarterly market overview report for global offshore wind. While there have been records set in terms of project awards, complications include low uptake in key markets and issues around the emergence of 20 GW turbines.

  • ProvPort WatersonsGOPR9577
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    Energy Hubs Newsletter: East Coast specialists in the thick of the action

    2024-09-26T13:32:00Z

    Gregory DL Morris shares the latest updates from ports, terminals, developers and transport engineers active in the USA’s rapidly emerging offshore wind energy market. Activity is ramping up as project ownership is revised, with ports in the thick of the action.

  • Sea-intelligence Number of deepsea calls in regions around the Red Sea
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    Quantifying the impact of the Red Sea crisis

    Sea-Intelligence has shared data on the impact of the Red Sea crisis on the container shipping business.

  • International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) president Frédéric Denèfle speaks at annual conference in Berlin 2024
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    IUMI warns of ‘changing world’ for marine insurance

    2024-09-18T10:30:00Z

    International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) president Frédéric Denèfle has cautioned of a changing world for the marine insurance sector.

  • 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.

  • HLI Rail and RIgging new heavy-duty railcar. May 2024
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    HLI Rail & Rigging takes next environmental steps

    2024-08-13T08:59:00Z

    In February 2023, HLPFI reported that HLI Rail & Rigging had engaged GreenStream Sustainability Consulting to launch a climate strategy programme. Nearly 18 months on, we circled back to see how the business has adapted and is preparing to operate in a low-carbon future.

  • Mammoet - Mathias Hoogstra
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    Mammoet ready for zero onsite tailpipe emissions

    2024-08-09T07:34:00Z

    Mammoet has reached the point where it can now offer a tailpipe emissions-free solution that could serve the entire lifting and transport scope of a project.

  • Timpan-1 well
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    The future of Indonesia’s energy ambitions

    2024-08-08T09:02:00Z

    Indonesia looks set to continue creating project cargo handling work as its oil, gas and mining sectors shift into a higher gear.

  • Felixstowe-ReARTG web high
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    Logisticians react to global IT outage

    2024-07-22T14:10:00Z

    A number of port authorities and shipping lines were impacted by a global IT outage last week, highlighting cybersecurity concerns.

  • Drewry Multipurpose Shipping Forecaster
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    Newbuilds needed to balance multipurpose market

    2024-07-17T11:01:00Z

    Multipurpose shipping analyst Drewry believes that market dynamics and a lack of newbuild orders will result in an unavoidable, significant increase in time charter rates.

  • Collett & Sons delivers for windy rig
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    Shifting landscape and the green agenda

    2024-07-10T09:31:00Z

    Shifts in the European political landscape have dominated the headlines recently, with elections in key wind energy markets likely to affect the fortunes of project logisticians and heavy transport companies.

  • EU to impose steep tariffs on Chinese EVs
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    EU to impose steep tariffs on Chinese EVs

    2024-07-04T10:55:00Z

    The ro-ro shipping market has been in rude health for the past couple of years moving its core commodity, cars, leaving limited space for heavy and project cargoes. However, the provisional imposition of steep tariffs on Chinese EVs could be another sign that the longer-term prospects for ro-ro are cooling.

  • US offshore wind is back on track
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    US offshore wind is back on track

    2024-06-27T08:02:00Z

    First power began flowing earlier this year from what will be the first utility-scale offshore wind development off the US Atlantic coast and first steel is in the water for the next few projects. The feeder-barge system for supplying turbine components to foreign-flag installation vessels has been proven, and the first US-flag installation vessel has been launched.

  • Almajdouie enhances heavy transport capabilities alongside Vision 2030
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    Almajdouie enhances heavy transport capabilities alongside Vision 2030

    2024-06-17T11:25:00Z

    The Middle East has become a hub for project logistics with significant investments expected across major industry verticals. Leading this transformation is Saudi Arabia, driven by its Vision 2030 strategy to diversify its economy away from fossil fuels. Almajdouie Logistics is actively enhancing its capabilities to meet these demands.