Blue Water Shipping has opened a new project logistics office in Guyana expecting to profit from the growing oil &...Blue Water Shipping targets growing oil industry in Guyana
Fred. Olsen WIndcarrier has completed its first-ever decommissioning contract with the removal of Perenco UK’s Tyne and Guinevere gas platforms,...Fred. Olsen Windcarrier completes first-ever decommissioning contract
Zeamarine is rumoured to be offloading at least 15 vessels as part of the business restructuring announced last month. That...Zeamarine rumoured to offload at least 15 vessels
Van Oord under fire for involvement in controversial Angolan project
Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord has come under fire for its involvement in an Angolan city development project for which three thousand families were violently moved out of their homes. The company says it was...Read more
Collett expands with 7,000m2 warehousing facility
PRESS RELEASE – Leading specialist transport company Collett & Sons has expanded its operations, purchasing 7,000 square metres of warehousing and office space at its new Bradford site in the West Yorkshire region in the...Read more
AAL delivers gantry cranes at Port Miami
PRESS RELEASE – AAL Shipping has opened its 25th year of operations with the successful delivery of a cargo of six rubber-tyred gantry cranes in a single sailing from the Port of Taicang to the...Read more
Blue Water opens new project logistics office in Italy
PRESS RELEASE – Blue Water Shipping has expanded its network with a new office in Milan, Italy. The office will initially focus on serving clients in the oil and gas, power generation, renewables and infrastructure...Read more
Media: Zeamarine is disposing of vessels
Zeamarine is reportedly disposing of vessels to deal with its financial losses. The fast-growing shipping company last month announced that it has hired a restructuring specialist to take over the management of the company and...Read more
Van Oord teams up with NYK to target Japanese wind market
Van Oord and NYK are teaming up to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. With the collaboration, the companies want to leverage Van Oord’s expertise in offshore wind and...Read more
US-based Crosby Group acquires offshore mooring specialist Feubo
PRESS RELEASE – Lifting and rigging specialist Crosby Group has acquired Feubo, has completed the acquisition of Feubo, a supplier of offshore mooring components for the oil and gas and wind energy markets. The acquisition, effective...Read more
Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ro/Ro Facilities
PRESS RELEASE – In her first port visit of 2020, Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has inspected the site of work to upgrade Roll-on/Roll-off facilities at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The works will allow the...Read more
BBC Yacht Transport signs major partnership with GAC Pindar
BBC Yacht Transport and marine leisure, sports and event specialist GAC Pindar have teamed up to provide a one-stop-shop for transport solutions for the sailing industry. The agreement combines BBC’s fleet of 160 multipurpose vessels...Read more
Drewry expects double-digit growth in charter rates for larger ships
The outlook for the multipurpose shipping industry is brightening. Despite the rising geopolitical risk and economic uncertainty, Drewry forecasts that average earnings for breakbulk and heavy-lift shipping companies will rise 6% in 2020 and continue...Read more
North Sea Port’s breakbulk volume also takes hit
Following the dramatic decline of breakbulk volumes in Antwerp, North Sea Port has also recorded a significant drop in the throughput of breakbulk. Cargo volume fell by 6.6% to 11 million tonnes in 2019. Part...Read more
British Columbia creates Project Cargo Corridor to attract more oversize cargo
The Canadian province of British Columbia has created a Project Cargo Corridor in order to attract more specialized cargo and save the trucking industry time by simplifying permit procedures. If the new process proves successful,...Read more
Sarens moves giant 1,050-tonne splitter by road
Sarens has moved a giant 1,050-tonne heavy splitter in Kazakhstan using SPMT’s to transport the mega load over 47 kilometres of desert road. The transport was carried out for Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries which will be...Read more
BIMCO selects David Loosley as new Secretary-General
PRESS RELEASE – BIMCO has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary-General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Loosley joins from the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology (IMarEST) which he has successfully...Read more
SOL buys majority stake in Scanlog to provide door-to-door service
PRESS RELEASE – Svenska Orient Linien (SOL) becomes the new majority owner in the Swedish logistics company Scandinavian Logistics Partners, better known as Scanlog. Until now, the shipping company has had a 20 percent holding...Read more