German shipping specialist United Heavy Lift (UHL) has appointed Dennis Grube to its Hamburg operations team.
Grube will focus on bunker procurement for the carrier. He joined the shipping industry 20 years ago and has held various positions across the sector. For the past four years he specialised in bunker fuel trading and sales.
Dortmund-based heavy transport provider August Alborn has purchased two EuroCompact lowbed semi-trailers from TII Scheuerle.
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.
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.
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.
Ro-ro carrier Höegh Autoliners has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and has committed to running at least 5 percent of its deepsea shipping activities on either green ammonia or green methanol by 2030.
