Mammoet is expanding its range of equipment with ten new towers for its Mega Jack 800 system. The expanded range will help the company to reduce...Mammoet adds ten Mega Jack 800 towers to its fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Following the basic design contract in December 2020, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has now contracted Ulstein...Ulstein lands follow-up contract for first Jones Act rock installation vessel
The rapid recovery in earnings for multipurpose vessels is expected to slow from the second half of the year as...Multipurpose earnings rally at risk from overordering in competing sectors
Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift joint venture becomes reality
Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor, and SAL Heavy Lift, the German breakbulk and project cargo specialist, are commencing operations with their joint venture. The Jumbo-SAL-Alliance combines both fleets and...Read more
One dead and twelve missing after liftboat capsizes off Louisiana coast
At least one person has been killed and twelve others are missing after a ship capsized in a hurricane south of the port of Port Fouchon, in the US state of Louisiana on Tuesday. It...Read more
Scan Global opens first office in France
Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened its first office in France today. Following the successful expansion in Benelux, Poland, and the Czech Republic, the new office is expected to bring a strategic position to provide...Read more
[VIDEO] Chinese semi-submersible transports dredger from Rotterdam to Egypt
The new cutter suction dredger Mohab Mameesh has arrived in Egypt after it was transported by the semi-submersible vessel Xiang Rui Kou from Rotterdam. The shipyard that built the 29,190-kW heavy-duty dredger has released a...Read more
Jan de Nul halfway at Kriegers Flak
PRESS RELEASE – Jan De Nul Group is installing a total of 72 wind turbines of 8.4MW each for the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, Kriegers Flak. This week, the company reached its halfway...Read more
Gdańsk Remontowa Shiprepair Yard to repair Deme’s Orion
In the accident with its 5,000-tonne crane in May last year, DEME’s new offshore installation vessel Orion and its crane suffered considerable damage. In September, Liebherr stated it would repair the crane. It has now...Read more
Heerema to install converter platform for Sofia offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractors will transport and install the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine. The platform’s fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore...Read more
Rhenus acquires Arkon Shipping & Projects
The Rhenus Group, through its shortsea subsidiary Rhenus Maritime Services (RMS), has bought a majority stake of 60% in the Hamburg-based shipbroker Arkon Shipping & Projects. The shares were purchased from Arkon Shipping. Read more
[VIDEO] Eemslift Hendrika has arrived at Ålesund
The Eemslift Hendrika safely arrived at the port on Flatholmen in Ålesund at 5 pm on 8 April. The listing ship was towed there after Smit Salvage managed to secure towing lines to two tugboats...Read more
C.H. Robinson delivers pair of liquid oxygen tanks in Houston
PRESS RELEASE – C.H. Robinson recently delivered two liquid oxygen tanks, each weighing 203.5 tonnes, from China to Houston. The tanks were received at the port in Shanghai and loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel of...Read more
AAL Galveston joins the AAL fleet
The AAL Galveston has joined AAL’s fleet of breakbulk carriers. The vessel was already deployed on the company’s liner and tramp services but still carried its old name Pacific Alert. The vessel will soon be...Read more
Salvage attempt Eemslift Hendrika successful
After the Eemslift Hendrika’s course changed and the risk of grounding became imminent, the salvage operation was brought forward and carried out Wednesday night 7 April. The Smit Salvage team was lifted on board at...Read more
Salvage attempt Eemslift Hendrika postponed to Thursday
Due to the weather in the area around the listing Eemslift Hendrika, the salvage operation has to be postponed until Thursday morning 8 April, reports the Norwegian Coast Guard. The ship has been adrift since...Read more
Drewry expects MPV and heavy-lift growth to slow in second quarter
Drewry expects the growth of the multipurpose and heavy-lift sector to slow in the second quarter and third quarter. Conditions will remain favourable, but growth is not expected to be as strong as it was...Read moreSalvage attempt of heavy-lift vessel Eemslift Hendrika underway
A salvage attempt of the Eemslift Hendrika is underway this morning. The Norwegian coastguard will try to place salvors onboard the drifting heavy-lift vessel where they will attempt to secure the towing lines of two...Read more