October 30 - Martin Bencher's Singapore office has shipped two modules for the oil and gas industry from Singapore to South Korea.
The first unit weighed 2,050 tonnes, with a diameter of 21.8 m and a height of 26.5 m; the second weighed 1,798 tonnes, with a diameter of 37.4 m and a height of 14.1 m - a shipment which breaks the company's internal record.
The project has been in the planning process for over a year and a similar shipment is scheduled for later this year.
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.
Japan-headquartered heavy lifting and transportation specialist Denzai is adding a 2,500-tonne Liebherr crawler crane to its fleet.
Trans Global Projects (TGP) has coordinated the transport of six sets of wind turbines from China to Vietnam on two chartered vessels.
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.
