On May 18 Volga-Dnepr transported a 32 m-long rocket booster from Huntsville in Alabama to Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.
The rocket booster will be used on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket, as part of NASA’s next Mars rover mission.
Volga-Dnepr also transported payload fairings and RD-180 engines for the mission.
Upon receiving the cargo, ULA moved the rocket into the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center for post-shipment checks. The launch is scheduled for July 17.
NASA’s Crawler-Transport 2 (CT-2) has moved the most powerful rocket ever built to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39C in preparation for its maiden launch around the Moon, which will take place no earlier than August 29.
Geodis has been awarded a contract for inbound logistics services for ship construction and repair projects in Canada, as part of Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding Inc.’s (ISI) participation in a national shipbuilding programme.
The port of Albany in the USA has been awarded a USD9.9 million grant from the NYS Department of Transportation (DoT) passenger and freight rail assistance programme (PFRAP) to upgrade its heavy lift infrastructure.
On behalf of XD‐EGEMAC, Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL) transported three 135-tonne transformers for the El-Eqtsadia substation.
Greece-headquartered Cosmatos Shipping Services has delivered transformer sets and their accessories from Thessaloniki port.
Trans Global Projects (TGP) has coordinated the transport of six sets of wind turbines from China to Vietnam on two chartered vessels.
