NewsToepfer Transport’s monthly multipurpose shipping rate update
Toepfer Transport’s monthly multipurpose rate index ticked upwards. The analyst’s average daily time charter rate for a 12,500 dwt/F-type heavy lift vessel stood at USD13,029 at the start of May 2025, up from USD12,821 in April.
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Hydrogen sector under strain despite pockets of progress
The hydrogen sector continued to face pressure across the value chain, from project developers and technology manufacturers to offtakers, according to Westwood Global Energy Group. However, three projects have hit key milestones.
NewsUTC battles harsh weather to deliver to biofuel refinery plant
UTC Overseas has completed a two-year, multimodal project to deliver 50,000 freight tons of cargo from Europe, Asia, and North America to a biofuel refinery plant in Nebraska, USA.
NewsMammoet purchases pair of Eco500 vehicles
Transport engineering specialist Mammoet has added to its electric fleet by purchasing two Eco500 self-propelled modular vehicles from Cometto.
NewsShipping pollution caps take effect in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea has officially become an emission control area (ECA) for sulphur oxides and particulate matter under the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) MARPOL Annex VI, effective May 1, 2025.
NewsSarens signs MoU to boost influence in Cambodia
Belgian heavy transport engineering firm Sarens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a trio of companies, forming a strategic partnership that will provide logistics, heavy transportation and installation solutions in Cambodia.
NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen completes Armacup acquisition following strong Q1 results
Ro-ro shipping and logistics group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has acquired the remaining shares in New Zealand-headquartered shipping company Armacup.
NewsLTM 1650-8.1 becomes RT trans’ largest crane
Serbian crane and heavy haulage company RT trans has added a Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane to its roster, becoming the largest crane in the company’s fleet.
NewsMammoet begins replacing 19 crane girder beams at oxygen steel plant
Mammoet has begun replacing 19 crane girder beams as part of the modernisation of central production units at a thyssenkrupp Steel oxygen steel plant in Duisburg, Germany.
NewsBrestPort and SFPC formalise strategic partnership
France’s BrestPort and Ireland’s Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) have formalised a strategic partnership, underpinned by the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU).