Leiden-based Heerema Marine Contractors has completed a year-long installation of deep-sea oil drilling equipment at the Tombua Landana site off the coast of Angola for oil giant DSME/Chevron in a water depth of 370 m.
In December, HMC's ship Thialf installed a 30,000 tonnes tower bottom section, the tower top section and four platform modules on top of a tower the height of New York's Empire State Building to finish the project. Five barges and eight tugs assisted in the installation work.
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the port of Brunswick.
USA-based Maxim Crane Works has appointed Larry Lis as the company’s chief operations officer.
Houston Community College (HCC) has partnered with Fracht Group to launch an international freight forwarding apprenticeship programme.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a second Briese Heavylift vessel from Australian waters.
DP World has won the latest in a string of court rulings, as it defends its rights as shareholder and concessionaire in Djibouti’s Doraleh Containe
The White House has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that could have cost the USA’s economy up to USD2 billion per day.
