June 29 - Turkish project cargo shipping agency Medden Shipping has been involved in a number of project cargo shipments around the Turkish coastline in the first half of 2011.
One project undertaken by the Izmir-based agency was at Derince port where the foundations of a wind mill farm were transported to Çine 11. Later activity saw the discharge, handling and storage at Aliaga terminal 33 of wind turbines destined to sites at Mordogan and Seferihisar.
Vicente Boluda Fos has been elected as president of the Association of Spanish Shipowners (ANAVE).
The port of Bellingham in the USA has taken delivery of a Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour crane.
BigLift’s CY Interocean I and BigLift Barentsz have delivered eight Liebherr 1,600-tonne capacity ship-to-shore (STS) cranes from Cadiz, Spain to Tangier in Morocco.
The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes – ESTA – has introduced a library section on its website containing a series detailed briefing documents and reports on current subjects important to the crane and heavy transport industries.
The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) will issue tenders to develop and operate multipurpose terminals at eight Saudi Arabian ports.
The Grimaldi Group has reached an agreement to acquire Armas Trasmediterránea Group’s ships and port terminals to serve routes between Spain and the Balearic Islands.
