All Insight articles – Page 8
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NewsGhana to fine ships carrying unvaccinated personnel
Ghana is to impose fines on ships arriving at its ports with unvaccinated personnel, according to the latest directive by the Ghana Health Service.
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Article‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’
Ton Klijn, director of ESTA – the European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes – and a member of the European Crane Operators Licence supervisory board, discusses how the heavy lift and abnormal transport sector needs to change its approach to training.
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ArticleHow effective leaders include safety in project cargo planning
When it comes to any project, good planning creates good outcomes. Okos Partners’ senior partner Peter Krammer, and Bart Gragg, president of Blue Collar University, discuss how leadership in the planning phases can result in safer and more efficient solutions.
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ArticleLMAA analyses emerging risks for project logisticians
Gregory DL Morris highlights some of the main reasons for disputes as the Covid-19 pandemic winds on, how to keep abreast of changing compliance standards in the USA, and why e-bill uptake continues to lag.
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ArticleMBM solves multiple challenges in decommissioning of Hutton Hull TLP
The 25,000-tonne Hutton Hull tension leg platform (TLP) – manufactured 40 years ago and the first of its kind to be built – has been taken to shore in Scotland as part of a complex decommissioning project. Sophie Barnes reports.
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NewsNingbo terminal closure adds to concerns
The precariousness of the worldwide road to recovery has hit the headlines once again with the closure of a terminal at one of the world’s busiest ports – Ningbo-Zhoushan.
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ArticleHeavy-duty railfreight: Beefing up capabilities
Increasing rates across all modes are posing serious questions of forwarders moving heavy cargoes contracted months ago. However, in the USA and Europe heavy railfreight operators have been strengthening their fleets, reported strong performances in 2020, and believe the prospects going forwards are promising. Ian Putzger reports.
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ArticleVietnam leads a regional heavy lift rebound
With projects cancelled, delayed or just plain difficult, last year was a tough one for the Southeast Asia region – in that, it was not alone of course. However, heavy lift and project cargo specialists in the region are optimistic about the coming months, with Vietnam taking a starring role in the bounce back. Felicity Landon reports.
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ArticleThe driving force aiming to make Hareket a global leader in heavy lift
Ahmet Altunkum (pictured), the chairperson of the board of directors of Turkey’s Hareket Heavy Lifting and Project Transportation, stepped into the world of heavy transportation in 1997. Sophie Barnes discusses the company’s journey.
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ArticleMarket hotspots indicate strong bounceback
Covid-19 hit Spain hard last year with many industries suffering as a result. There were, naturally, consequences for the project cargo community – but more than 12 months since the pandemic took hold, optimism is returning. Megan Ramsay reports.
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ArticleBullish sentiment on recovery prospects
Project logistics work in support of the civil engineering sector is set to get a significant boost this year. Economic recovery will be stimulated by the resumption of developments delayed by Covid-19 and anticipated additional investment in infrastructure by many governments. Phil Hastings reports.
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NewsDimerco supports India’s fight against Covid-19
Dimerco has coordinated the delivery of vital medical supplies from Philadelphia in the USA to Bangalore, India.
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NewsHuman Rights Due Diligence Tool launched to protect seafarers
The United Nations (UN) has launched its Human Rights Due Diligence Tool – a checklist designed to help maritime sector businesses uphold their responsibility to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights during the Covid-19 crew change crisis.
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NewsECOL adopts apprentice structure
ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) has adopted an in-company apprentice training structure, which the organisation’s leaders hope will make it easier for countries with a strong tradition of apprenticeships to become directly involved in the scheme.
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NewsMammoet questions lump-sum approach to wind projects
As Mammoet steps up its focus on the renewables sectors and implements changes to its organisation to tackle the growing markets, the global engineered heavy lifting and transport specialist has criticised the wind energy industry’s lump-sum approach to projects.
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ArticleCovid-19 effects balance out in heavy lift air cargo charter market
Covid-19 is proving to be a double-edged sword in its effects on mining industry demand for air cargo charter services.
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ArticleSize gives Cosco an edge as it fine-tunes project cargo formula
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has been happy with the utilisation of its heavy transport fleet. Newbuild semi submersibles are scheduled for delivery over the coming quarters.
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ArticleSmall modular reactors: the future for nuclear power?
The world of small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) is gaining traction, with development projects popping up around the globe. Taking nuclear power plant construction ‘out of the field’ would reduce risks and costs significantly.
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NewsVaccination: A legal minefield for the marine industry
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned that lack of access to vaccinations for seafarers is placing shipping in a legal minefield, while leaving global supply chains vulnerable.
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NewsA look at the UK’s freeport model
The UK’s freeport model may not offer a ‘big bang’ of changes for Customs processes but, in the long-term, could improve ease of doing business and be used as a vehicle to support the energy transition and decarbonisation.