Chipolbrok has christened its latest newbuild Herbert at Chengxi Shipyard in China.
The vessel is the second of a four-ship order to be handed over to Chipolbrok by the Chinese yard. The first was delivered in December last year.
The ships in this series are 199.9 m long, 32.26 m wide and have hulls 19.3 m high. When fully loaded they have a draught of up to 13.5 m. Each has five holds and is equipped cranes capable of lifting up to 300 tonnes.
Construction of Jumbo-SAL-Alliance’s Orca newbuilding series has started at the Wuhu Shipyard in China, with the first steel cutting ceremony taking place on February 22.
Jumbo-SAL-Alliance, on behalf of AsstrA-Associated Traffic, has loaded heavy and oversized cargoes onboard the Jumbo vessel Fairmaster in Spain.
Wagenborg Towage has secured a contract from Jan De Nul for the transportation of 107 monopile foundations for the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany.
German heavy lift specialist Schmidbauer is getting ready to handle components for the Provence Grand Large pilot floating offshore wind project in France.
Germany-based Kübler Spedition has transported a 300-tonne transformer to a substation in southern Germany.
Ports across Australia remain heavily congested due to a large amount of cargo arriving with seed contamination, in turn impacting a host of ro-ro services.
