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Wallenius upsizing twelve Shaper-class vessels on order
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is upsizing four of its twelve Shaper-class vessels currently on order with Jinling Shipyard in Jiangsu, China.
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Wallenius to house customisation plant at Brunswick terminal
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has expanded its Brunswick, Georgia, port facility to house a customisation plant for Develon and Hyundai Construction Equipment.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen restructures executive team
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is restructuring its executive team with the creation of the chief strategy and corporate development officer role.
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Record quarter for Wallenius Wilhelmsen as newbuilds ordered
Global ro-ro shipping and logistics provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen reported a record second quarter for 2024 with EBITDA of USD 507 million and a net profit of USD 315 million.
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BIFA adds Solent group to Young Forwarder Network
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has celebrated the recent launch of the Solent branch of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN) by visiting the Wallenius Wilhelmsen ro-ro terminal at the port of Southampton.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen signs industrial equipment contract
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a contract worth USD195 million with an undisclosed long-term industrial equipment manufacturer.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes ownership of Porgy
Global ro-ro shipping and logistics provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen has expanded its fleet with the purchase of the vessel Porgy.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen to sell MIRRAT
Ro-ro shipping group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has entered into an agreement to sell its Melbourne International RoRo & Auto Terminal (MIRRAT) to Australian Amalgamated Terminals for AUD332.5 million (USD221.4 million).
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen signs 20-year agreement in Brunswick
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the port of Brunswick.
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Wallenius 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.
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Wallenius 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.
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Wallenius SOL appoints Kurtti
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius SOL has appointed Jarno Kurtti as sales manager in Finland.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen exercises Shaper-class option
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has declared options to build four additional next-generation Shaper-class pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessels.
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Esgian provides MPP Suez Canal update
Data from service performance and benchmarking analyst Esgian shows that the number of unique multipurpose vessels transiting the Suez Canal is down 44 percent compared to January 2023.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen lands USD290 million contract with South Korean client
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a multi-year shipping contract with a leading construction machinery company in South Korea.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen renews US cargo handling fleet
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from logistics service provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen to supply four heavy electric forklift trucks, two electric reachstackers, and three heavy terminal tractors for the company’s US operations.
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Full ships or a damp squib? Gauging the multipurpose market
With a promising project pipeline and a supply side that favours the market, the multipurpose shipping segment is in a stable state, despite 2023 landing somewhat flatter than expected.
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Van de Vin steps down from ALS helm
ALS Group managing director René van de Vin is retiring from his role and will be succeeded by Faheem Hoosen.
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Shipping leaders join forces in call to accelerate decarbonisation
Leading shipping lines have issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the transition to green fuels.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen begins biofuel trial
Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s ro-ro Torrens has become the first vessel in its fleet to bunker B30 HSFO-Biofuel.