Spliethoff has acquired an additional P14-Type multipurpose vessel.
The ship has been renamed Pottersgracht (formerly St. Georg) and will sail under the Dutch flag. It measures 168.68 m long and has two 700-tonne capacity cranes on the port side, which can lift up to 1,400 tonnes in tandem. On the starboard side, the ship has a 180-tonne capacity crane.
With this acquisition, Spliethoff now has ten P-type vessels in its fleet – seven P-14-type ships and three P8-type units.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has joined global public-private partnership the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which is working to scale the most critical, emerging climate technologies required to decarbonise the world’s heavy-emitting sectors.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has transported offshore template structures for Subsea7 using its CO2 emissions reducing Eco Voy-transport concept.
Total cargo throughput of the port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 70.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with container throughput increasing and the general cargo sector showing signs of recovery.
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.
Japanese shipping group MOL has placed an order with Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for the construction of an open deck carrier vessel, designed primarily for the transport of offshore wind energy components.
