Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (BOCS) has added the multipurpose vessel BOCS Spirit to its fleet.
BOCS Spirit will enter service later in September and will replace the chartered vessel WAF Passion.
Previously named Leila H, BOCS Spirit is a sister ship to BOCS Vision, which entered service in February and can handle heavy lift cargoes weighing up to 160 tonnes.
Charles Lams has been appointed managing director of Bolloré Logistics Argentina and Uruguay.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has joined global public-private partnership the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which is working to scale the most critical, emerging climate technologies required to decarbonise the world’s heavy-emitting sectors.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Total cargo throughput of the port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 70.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with container throughput increasing and the general cargo sector showing signs of recovery.
DEME has been awarded two contracts by Prysmian for the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has transported offshore template structures for Subsea7 using its CO2 emissions reducing Eco Voy-transport concept.
