Wagenborg has established a shipping agency in Sweden.
Wagenborg Agencies Sweden opened for business at the start of this year and offers full agency services to all Swedish ports but will focus on the northern ports of Karlsborg, Luleå, Haraholmen and Skellefteåhamn.
The team includes Viktor Ivarsson and Fred Sternå and they will primarily services Wagenborg vessels in Sweden including the ro-ro units Balticborg and Bothniaborg.
Heavy-load specialist P. Adams Group has utilised three rotor blade transport systems (RBTS) provided by TII Scheuerle to transport 24 rotor blades from the port of Uddevalla to the Knöstad wind farm in north-east Sweden.
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.
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.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has transported offshore template structures for Subsea7 using its CO2 emissions reducing Eco Voy-transport concept.
