Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has ordered two mobile harbour cranes from Italgru for the port of Dar es Salaam.
With a maximum lifting capacity of 125 tonnes, the IMHC2120E electric models will be delivered to the port later in February.
The two cranes departed the port of Marghera in Italy onboard a BBC Chartering vessel. Once commissioned in Dar Es Salaam, they will be used to handle containers and heavy goods.
Mammoet is deploying its 3,200-tonne capacity PTC210-DS ring crane to lift a huge A-frame for Van Oord’s installation vessel Svanen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
UK-based lifting solutions and equipment provider Southern Cranes has purchased 10 Grove all-terrain cranes from Manitowoc as it updates its fleet.
Colonel’s Island Terminal at the USA’s port of Brunswick had its busiest month ever for ro-ro cargo during March 2024 handling 77,236 units, an increase of 21 percent over the same month of last year.
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.
Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI), in collaboration with DNV and Toepfer Transport, has developed two state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel designs: Octopus 12.6 and Octopus 12.
