Latest news – Page 20
-
News
AAL Limassol launched
Multipurpose heavy lift carrier AAL Shipping’s first Super B-class newbuilding, AAL Limassol, was successfully launched at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China.
-
News
Aker Solutions lands decommissioning order
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for the dismantling and recycling of a platform topside and jacket in the North Sea area.
-
News
Zeaborn Ship Management sold
Zech Maritime Holding confirmed that it has agreed to sell its interests in Zeaborn Ship Management to Wilhelmsen Ship Management and MPC Capital.
-
News
Force majeure and route changes escalate freight costs
The majority of shipping lines are now rerouting ships via the Cape of Good Hope due to the deteriorating security situation in the Red Sea, while several declared force majeure temporarily relieving them of their normal contractual obligations. Transit times will certainly be delayed and freight costs are expected to rise significantly.
-
News
Investment inbound for the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway System
An independent survey of public and private investment for the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway System, conducted by Martin Associates, estimates that USD8.4 billion will be spent to enhance marine shipping there between 2018 and 2027.
-
News
Les Alizés begins Borkum Riffgrund 3 campaign
Jan De Nul Group’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has installed the first of 83 monopile foundations at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm off the German coast.
-
News
Silvasti wins Pahkakoski wind farm work
Wind energy developer Ilmatar has selected Ville Silvasti as its transport, crane and installation (TCI) contractor for the Pahkakoski wind farm, which is being constructed in Finland.
-
News
Hinkley Point C dome lifted into place
Heavy lift and transport engineering specialist Sarens used its heavy lift crane, Big Carl, to place a 47 m-wide dome onto EDF’s Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building.
-
News
Tiong Woon and Mammoet Asia form strategic alliance with Thai market focus
Singapore-headquartered Tiong Woon has formed a strategic alliance with Mammoet Asia Holding as the companies aim to expand their presence in Thailand.
-
News
Egytrans targets Saudi Arabian projects market with Links Investment deal
Egyptian logistics and transport provider Egytrans and Saudi-based investment firm Links Investment will establish a limited liability company in Saudi Arabia.
-
News
K2 Project Forwarding continues to expand logistics team
K2 Project Forwarding – a joint venture of Peak Group and deugro group that serves the Norwegian market – has appointed Anne Grete Møll and Dina Fonnes to its team.
-
News
Deutsche Bahn starts sale process for logistics subsidiary DB Schenker
Deutsche Bahn has launched the sale process for DB Schenker, after it agreed to the sale of its freight forwarding subsidiary late in 2022.
-
News
Strong support for ESTA’s safety initiatives
The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has received “exceptionally strong support” from its members and the heavy transport market for its ongoing work to improve safety during the use of SPMTs as well as its intention to establish an internationally accepted training qualification for operators.
-
News
Sarens assembles TBM in Egypt
Sarens has offloaded and assembled sections of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the construction of a metro station in Giza, Egypt, on behalf of its client Concord.
-
News
Schultze Steel Service adds Cometto MTH45 transport vehicles
Schultze Steel Service has added two Cometto MTH45 transport vehicles to its fleet to support the handling of steel coils at the Arcelor-Mittal factory in Bremen, Germany.
-
News
Partnership formed to tackle offshore module transportation
Aker Solutions, K2 Project Forwarding and Meriaura have formed a partnership for the transportation of offshore modules.
-
News
CF&S Group acquires DAKO Worldwide Transport
CF&S Group, through its subsidiary CF&S Germany, has acquired 100 percent of the shares of project logistics specialist DAKO Worldwide Transport.
-
News
Ships rerouted as Red Sea crisis escalates
The hijacking of the Galaxy Leader and subsequent attacks on other vessels underscores the influence of geopolitics in the Middle East Gulf in commercial shipping. A number of the world’s leading container carriers, including Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and MSC are now diverting their ships away from the Red Sea region because of an increased threat of attacks.
-
News
Harren Group reinforces commitments to safety
Harren Group has launched its groupwide “Act Safely!” programme, a new initiative that reinforces safety as a core value within the organisation.
-
News
Thomas to chair BIFA’s young forwarder virtual network
Clara Thomas, operations coordinator from UK-based Quality Freight Services, has been appointed as chair of the virtual format of the British International Freight Association’s Young Forwarder Network (YFN), succeeding Herbie Cobby from Geodis.