Shipping news – Page 17
-
NewsGrimaldi inaugurates Shanghai office
Grimaldi Shipping Agency Shanghai has inaugurated its new offices in Sinar Mas Plaza.
-
NewsFusie Engineers and Q3 Heavy Lift design heavy lift barge
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.
-
NewsMaersk and Vestas to develop South Korean offshore wind hub
Shipping group Maersk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas to build a nacelle manufacturing plant and logistical base for offshore wind turbines at the Mokpo New Port Hinterland Complex in South Korea.
-
NewsGLT acquires barge and launches breakbulk ro-ro service to San Juan
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.
-
NewsACL to call Baltimore as shallow access channel cleared
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) said that it will resume calls at Baltimore for containers, cars and ro-ro cargo.
-
NewsMarket Sentiment Index rises in Q2 2024 with higher freight rates and volumes
One World Shipbrokers’ Q2 2024 Market Sentiment Index (MSI) for the multipurpose shipping sector showed another overall improvement, hitting 53.6.
-
NewsSDARI, DNV and Toepfer collaborate on multipurpose vessel design
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.
-
NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen joins First Movers Coalition
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.
-
NewsKramek appointed to lead WSC
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
-
NewsCOLI’s Istanbul success
CPC Coli Project Cargo in Istanbul, a subsidiary of Germany’s COLI Group, completed more than 12 industrial projects in the first quarter of 2024. With more contracts in the orderbook, and an expansion of the multipurpose fleet on the cards, the outlook is positive.
-
NewsMeriaura signs newbuild order for EcoTrader pair
Finland’s Meriaura has signed contracts with the Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for two EcoTrader cargo ships. The vessels will be built in the Netherlands and will be delivered in January and December 2026, respectively.
-
NewsMeriaura deploys EcoVoy concept for Subsea7 transport
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has transported offshore template structures for Subsea7 using its CO2 emissions reducing Eco Voy-transport concept.
-
NewsMOL places deck carrier order at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering
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.
-
NewsJSI Alliance completes module transport scope at Basrah refinery
JSI Alliance has completed its scope of work at the Basrah refinery upgrade project for JGC Corporation with the delivery of nine modules.
-
NewsBigLift and CY Shipping to boost deck carrier fleet with two newbuilds
CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping will add two more heavy transport vessels (HTV) to their joint fleet, bringing the number of open deck carriers in their roster to six.
-
NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen lands USD1 billion order
Ro-ro shipping specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a significant contract in the premium car segment valued at more than USD1 billion.
-
NewsCSL partners with Peak Group to target European market
Montreal-headquartered CSL Group has acquired a 50 percent stake in Norway-headquartered shipping and logistics company Peak Group and subsequently launched Peak CSL Group to target the European market.
-
NewsBoskalis delivers monopiles to La Rochelle
Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Black Marlin has arrived at the port of La Rochelle in France laden with monopiles for the Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier project on behalf of LEMS.
-
NewsSteel cut for AAL Dammam
AAL Shipping has held a steel cutting ceremony for its sixth Super B-class newbuild vessel, AAL Dammam, at Wenchong Shipyard.
-
NewsSFC publishes methodology for emissions reporting in breakbulk shipping
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) has published a methodology harmonising emissions accounting and reporting in the breakbulk segment.