All News articles – Page 13
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Newsdship orders eight LS 250 heavy-lift ship cranes
Multipurpose shipping line dship Carriers has placed an order with Liebherr for eight of its LS 250 heavy-lift ship cranes – each providing a lifting capacity of 250 tonnes.
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NewsSwire Shipping launches Voyage to Zero
Swire Shipping, headquartered in Singapore, has launched Voyage to Zero – a carbon insetting programme that allows freight customers to reduce their Scope 3 GHG emissions aboard its vessels.
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NewsHAV establishes US subsidiary
UK-based airship firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) will establish a USA-based subsidiary to meet growing demand from a range of sectors, including cargo.
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NewsConstruction commences at oversized logistics corridor in Ventspils
The port of Ventspils in Latvia has started construction to adapt three intersections for the transportation of oversized cargo. The works are costing approximately EUR100,000 (USD116,860) and are being funded by UAB Fulmenn.
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NewsUSA to boost inland waterway network
The USA’s transportation secretary Sean P. Duffy has confirmed that 848 miles (1,364.7 km) of navigable waterways will be added to the national network, supported by 14 new sponsors to the US Marine Highway Program (USMHP). The expansion brings the network to 27,139 miles (43,675 km) across 35 designated routes.
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NewsSTB 320 gets first run out
Heavy transport specialist Kübler Spedition has put its STB 320 high girder bridge to use for the first time, transporting a 285-tonne transformer to the Weier substation near Offenburg, Germany.
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NewsVan der Vlist’s S-Bolster on track
Dutch specialist transport company Van der Vlist has introduced an intermodal rail service for oversized cargo using an in-house designed railway platform, the S-Bolster.
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NewsBlue Water switches to HVO at its Danish port operations
Blue Water Shipping is introducing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) diesel as fuel for its port activities at the Danish ports of Esbjerg, Aarhus and Lindø.
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NewsEXG transports key airport infrastructure components
Express Global Logistics (EXG) has successfully transported critical airport infrastructure components with a total weight of 235.9 tonnes in Western India.
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NewsHarlyn adds SPMTs to support busy summer
UK-based Harlyn Solutions has added to its SPMT fleet as part of the company’s push to support critical operations this summer.
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NewsSwire Shipping opens second office in Japan
Singapore-headquartered Swire Shipping has opened a second office in Japan, adding Nagoya to its pre-existing premises in Tokyo.
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NewsMammoet to support Heerema with installation of giant topsides
Transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Mammoet will assist fellow Dutch firm Heerema Marine Contractors with the installation of two giant topsides for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore platforms project.
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NewsEmpire Energy and Ellevo form e³ to serve offshore wind sector
Empire Energy and UK-based heavy lift consultancy Ellevo Group formed a strategic joint venture to meet the evolving demands of the offshore wind industry: Empire Energy–Ellevo (e³).
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NewsWendt joins BHV executive board
Bremen port and logistics association BHV has appointed Carsten Wendt, head of sales for high and heavy and breakbulk at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, to its executive board.
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NewsRosslare Europort benefits from CEF support
Ireland’s Rosslare Europort has been selected to receive EUR19.2 million (USD22.5 million) from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
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NewsLMS and Modulift select WCL in Norway
pewag brands Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and Modulift have appointed Westcon Løfteteknikk (WCL) as an official distributor in Norway.
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NewsVI-GST pressures German government to deliver heavy transport reforms
Germany’s heavy transport and industry lobby group Verbändeinitiative Grossraum und Schwertransporte (VI-GST) has sent an updated position paper to the recently elected federal government in Germany, to ensure that it delivers on promised improvements to the country’s heavy and abnormal transport regulations.
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NewsGLE relocates Caribbean barge service to Port Canaveral
Great Lakes East (GLE) has relocated its Florida port operations for the Jones Act-compliant Caribbean breakbulk barge service to Port Canaveral, in a move aimed at better serving its customers.
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NewsSarens introduces the SGC-170
Heavy lift and transport engineering specialist Sarens has introduced its latest giant crane to market, the SGC-170.
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NewsIMO calls for calm after renewed Red Sea attacks
A renewed wave of attacks in the Red Sea has quashed any optimism over a widespread return of merchant shipping to the region.