Insight – Page 7
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ArticleAfrican multipurpose carriers feel the heat
Project logisticians and carriers active in Africa are benefiting from the protracted uptick in oil prices. The high-price environment has encouraged exploration activity. Furthermore, continuing demand for power and improved infrastructure is contributing more project cargo – and the market is overheating.
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ArticleUnder-the-jib equipment: handling heavy lift cargoes
Under-the-jib attachments are a vital component of lifting systems. While they may be small compared with crane and load, they are a critical element in ensuring lifts are performed safely and efficiently.
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ArticleA changing of the guard at ESTA
David Collett, outgoing president, and Fabio Belli, incoming president at ESTA, may have arrived in the heavy transport industry by very different routes, but they both have long-term experience in the sector – and a huge commitment to improving standards across Europe, writes Yvonne Mulder.
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ArticleHeavy-duty trailers: challenges spur greater innovation
The energy sector continues to drive some of the most striking innovation in transport equipment, but both general purpose and heavy-duty trailers have seen their own developments.
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ArticleIraq powers up renewables to help ease energy outages
Iraq is moving ahead with several projects that will make better use of its bountiful natural resources. A number of developments are the in pipeline and the prospects look bright for the supporting logistics sector.
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ArticleDraghi sets Italy on a path to progress
In the past, Italy has been held back by the absence of a comprehensive investment programme and an unstable political landscape that prevented the domestic project cargo market from reaching its potential. Now it seems the shackles have been removed, with government spending on the up under the stewardship of a level- headed leader.
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NewsCovid closures hit ocean volumes
FourKites has outlined the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns in China on the global supply chain.
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ArticlePreparing for Europe’s transport revolution
Consultation is essential as regulators mull over heavy transport reforms, with the sector ready to play its part in crucial policy debates, writes Ton Klijn, ESTA director.
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ArticleHeavy lift team prepares for NASA’s next-generation rocket launch
The crew of the largest self-powered land vehicle in the world are readying for the challenges of moving NASA’s new Space Launch System.
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ArticleGlobal energy transition drives demand for metals
Demand for mined metals is expected to continue rising. New investment through 2022 looks likely, although the rate of market growth could slow slightly this year. Phil Hastings reports.
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ArticleA novel approach for keeping pests out of wood packaging material
Importers are learning that relying on the ISPM#15 mark to ensure that solid wood packaging material is pest-free can be a costly mistake. Gary Lovett, forest ecologist at the Cary Institute, and Diana Davila, Houston branch manager at UTC Overseas, put forward a solution.
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News4D and HLPFI launch Training Portal
4D Supply Chain Consulting (4D) has partnered with Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) as part of a joint initiative to address the skills gap within the supply chain and logistics industry.
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News4D Supply Chain reintroduces in-person training at The Woodlands
4D Supply Chain Consulting is now offering face-to-face training at its office in The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
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NewsLEEA launches latest lifting apprenticeship scheme
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has launched the Level 3 Lifting Equipment Technician apprenticeship standard.
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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.