MHI Vestas has awarded Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) the transportation and installation contract for the Seagreen offshore windfarm, which is...Swire Blue Ocean wins Seagreen installation contract
Vestas has increased its revenue by 67% in the second quarter to a total of EUR 3.5 billion. While the...Vestas increases revenue by 67% despite “challenging circumstances”
The Russian market for super heavy cargo is expected to grow by 2 to 4% annually in the next few...Russia forecasts significant growth in super-heavy cargo transports
Patrick Schorn to become new CEO at Borr Drilling
PRESS RELEASE – Borr Drilling has appointed Patrick Schorn as its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 8 September 2020. He will succeed Svend Anton Maier who will remain with the company as a...Read more
Rhenus moves heavy components using Antonov aircrafts
PRESS RELEASE- Rhenus Projects USA has transported a steam turbine rotor and a couple of rotor casings using Antonov AN-124 aircrafts. Both shipments required additional engineering to safely load the components. Read more
Charter rates bounce back a little
The charter rates for multipurpose vessels have bounced back a little, shows Toepfer Multipurpose Shipping Index. Rates increased slightly in August to USD 6,492 per day for a 12,500 dwt geared vessel.Read more
Jan de Nul wins Doggers Bank turbine installation contract
Jan de Nul Group has won the wind turbine transport and installation contract for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which will be powered with GE’s 12 MW Haliade-X wind turbines....Read more
Structural simulation models increase efficiency in supercargo transport
The structural assessment process for heavy-lift transport projects on multi-purpose vessels can vastly benefit from existing finite element (FE) models, says DNV-GL. The simulation model can help to quickly determine if and how super heavy...Read more
Scorpio Bulkers plans to enter wind turbine installation market
Dry bulk carrier Scorpio Bulkers has announced plans to enter the renewables market. The Monaco-based carrier has signed a letter of intent for the construction of a new installation vessel with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine...Read more
DSV and BBC sued for USD 97 million for using confiscated port in Cuba
American Sugar is suing Goldwind, DSV Panalpina and BBC Chartering under a controversial law for using its confiscated port in Cuba. The sugar trader demands USD 97 million in damages, the exact amount the port...Read more
Bolk Transport launches inland shipping service for project cargo
Bolk Transport in Austria has launched a new European inland shipping service for breakbulk, ro/ro and project cargo. With the so-called “Break Bulk River Cargo” service, the company wants to offer a cost-effective alternative for...Read more
Jan de Nul and BBC deliver first batch of pin piles for Formosa 2
PRESS RELEASE – Jan De Nul Group has started transportation of the pin piles for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm. The first batch of 26 pin piles was loaded on the transportation...Read more
Crosby CEO: “You have to ask where your rigging hardware came from”
Crosby Group CEO Robert Desel pleads for more transparency to improve safety in the heavy-lift industry. “When you buy a piece of rigging hardware, you need to ask yourself: Who did I buy it from,...Read more
OHT orders new installation vessels in response to “capacity concerns”
Offshore Heavy Transport has ordered two new installation vessels with China Merchants Heavy Industry. “We are responding to client concerns about the lack of capable vessel capacity in the booming offshore wind market”, says CEO...Read more
Van Oord to construct Hollandse Kust North offshore wind farm
After CrossWind was awarded the permit for the Hollandse Kust (north) offshore wind farm earlier this week, Van Oord has been contracted for the engineering, construction and installation activities. CrossWind is a joint venture between...Read more
Mammoet delivers 1,400-tonne splitter for new Borealis plant
PRESS RELEASE – Mammoet has transported a 1,400-tonne C3 splitter column to the new Borealis propane dehydrogenation (PDH) site in the Belgian village Kallo. The 109-metre long and 10-metre wide propylene splitter is one of...Read more
Blue Offshore moves 8,000 tonnes of grid cables for Dutch OWF
PRESS RELEASE – Blue Offshore has moved 8,000 tonnes of high voltage cable to Rotterdam. The cables will form the connection of Tennet’s Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha Platform to the onshore grid.Read more
Breakbulk Europe cancelled for 2020
Breakbulk Europe has been cancelled for 2020. “Government regulations impose a ban on all events and exhibitions with 1,000 or more participants until 31 October 2020, which means it is impossible to deliver the event...Read more