July 23 - The Port of Tacoma handled 118,921 tonnes of breakbulk cargo in June 2014: a 12 percent rise on the same period last year.
The port also handled its 1 millionth container of 2014 in June, and container volumes improved by 22 percent year-over-year.
The Port of Tacoma said that volumes continued to reflect the surge in imports as shippers moved inventory before the West Coast labour contract expired on June 30, 2014.
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.
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.
Ireland’s Rosslare Europort has been selected to receive EUR19.2 million (USD22.5 million) from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
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.
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.
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.
