July 6 - Annette Krüger has joined the communications team at Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM), succeeding Sabine Zilski.
Krüger trained as a shipping clerk and has worked for various shipping companies as well as PR and advertising agencies.
For several years, she has been responsible for the Port of Hamburg handbook and is extremely familiar with the port.
Blue Water Shipping has relocated and expanded its facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland, with a new office, modern warehouse and an additional laydown area.
Grimaldi Shipping Agency Shanghai has inaugurated its new offices in Sinar Mas Plaza.
The Netherlands-headquartered Fusie Engineers and Q3 Heavy Lift have teamed up to design a 140 m x 40 m flat-top barge that is tailored for transporting heavy cargo for offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT) has acquired the Crimson Clover closed-deck barge and subsequently launched a breakbulk/ro-ro service linking Fernandina Beach, Florida and the Caribbean.
ESTA’s SPMT working group is progressing with its plans to establish new stability guidelines. Currently, the group is reviewing a learning outcome that will be used to establish the minimum training requirements for an SPMT operator, further enhancing user knowledge and safety.
One World Shipbrokers’ Q2 2024 Market Sentiment Index (MSI) for the multipurpose shipping sector showed another overall improvement, hitting 53.6.
