Iran open for business again… sort of
A new initiative launched by the Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian (France), Heiko Maas (Germany) and Jeremy Hunt (United Kingdom) allow European companies to do business with Iran again. Through a special purpose vehicle called INSTEX...Read more
Mammoet suspected of bribing Iraqi government official
Mammoet Salvage is suspected of bribing an Iraqi politician to collect outstanding bills for the problematic salvage of oil tanker Amuriyah, which turned sour after terrorist group IS invaded Iraq. The Dutch company has been paying...Read more
Mammoet transports piece of American history
Mammoet has successfully transported an American piece of history in the United States. The Dutch company was tasked with the move of the historic No. 576 steam locomotive from its previous location in Nashville’s Centennial...Read more
New design for heavy cargo deck carrier
The heavy cargo deck carrier for offshore wind projects in the North and Baltic Seas which is currently being built at a Chinese shipyard, is the answer to a wide range of customer requirements for...Read more
Boskalis Ndurance’ cable trencher successfully tested at Alexiahaven
The cable laying/multi purpose vessel Ndurance of Boskalis performed a number of trials at Alexiahaven, Maasvlakte 2. The diesel electric vessel Ndurance is a multipurpose vessel, it can be outfitted for cable laying or a wide...Read more
First pile driven at North Sea Port for maintenance base Ørsted
On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Ørsted drove the first pile for its wind farm maintenance base at Vlissingen, part of North Sea Port. The Danish energy giant Ørsted has begun construction of the maintenance base for...Read more
World’s largest crane presented in Ghent
Recently, crane company Sarens presented the SGC-250, the largest tower crane in the world in terms of both size and capacity, at Ghent’s Kluizendok port area. This crane weighs 8,000 tonnes, has a lifting capacity of...Read more