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
Siemens Gamesa bags 170 MW in new turbine orders for Chile
PRESS RELEASE – Siemens Gamesa has received two new orders totalling 170 MW for the Cabo Leones I and III projects in Chile. Both wind farms will become operational in 2021. Read more
Conoship and Kenzfigee design breakbulk transshipment barge
Ship designer Conoship International and crane specialist KenzFigee have joined forces to design a cost-efficient crane barge combination for the transhipment of dry and breakbulk cargoes.Read more
BP sells petrochemical business to Ineos for 5 billion dollars
BP has agreed to sell its global petrochemicals business to Ineos for a total amount of 5 billion dollars. The sale will strengthen the company’s balance sheet while the oil major is reinventing itself to...Read more
DEME opts for Huisman crane for new installation vessel
DEME has opted for a Huisman crane for its new installation vessel Green Jade, which is being built in cooperation with Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC. The crane will be built at Huisman’s facility in China and...Read more
Mammoet creates beach landing to deliver in Sakhalin
Mammoet created a custom beach landing solution to deliver 22 pieces of equipment to the onshore processing facility compression site of the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia. In addition to the lack of infrastructure, the Dutch...Read more
Liebherr develops new remote service app for cranes
PRESS RELEASE – Liebherr has developed a remote service tool for crawler cranes, deep foundation equipment and maritime cranes. The app allows operators to share visual information, resulting in faster and easier troubleshooting. As part...Read more
Siemens Gamesa bags another order for its 14 MW offshore turbine
Siemens Gamesa has received another order for its new flagship 14 MW offshore wind turbine. The manufacturer will deliver 100 units for Innogy’s 1.4-gigawatt Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.Read more
Mammoet crane tips over on roundabout
A mobile telescopic crane of Mammoet has tipped over on a roundabout in the Dutch town of Tynaarlo. The driver did not sustain injuries but salvage works are expected to take a while and traffic...Read more
Antwerp XL moves online, live event further postponed
PRESS RELEASE – Breakbulk event Antwerp XL has been further postponed to 10-12 March 2021. Belgian restrictions in force to August 30th make it “extremely difficult” to plan and promote the event, which had initially...Read more
Huisman designs submarine facility in Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Huisman has completed the design of its future submarine facility with a new submarine handling crane. With this facility in the port of Rotterdam, Huisman wants to enable three foreign bidding manufacturers...Read more
MHI Vestas wins major contract in Scotland
PRESS RELEASE – MHI Vestas has been awarded a large offshore wind contract by Seagreen Wind Energy to supply 114 10MW turbines for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. When complete, the Seagreen project...Read more
HEBO opens new office in port of Amsterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Effective May 2020, HEBO Maritiemservice has expanded into the port of Amsterdam by opening a permanent office. The company offers lifting capacity of up to 800 tonnes for project cargo, breakbulk and...Read more
Sarens launches new heavy-lift climbing system
PRESS RELEASE – Sarens has launched a new climbing system which combines fast operation with bottom-feeding jacking elements. The CS350 is the latest in a new generation of bottom-feeding jacking systems at Sarens, and follows...Read moreVestas wins largest Vietnamese wind turbine order to date
PRESS RELEASE – Vestas has secured its largest order in Vietnam to date. The manufacturer will supply, transport, install and commission a total of 36 4.2 MW wind turbines for the three wind parks Lien...Read more
Siemens Gamesa finds first customers for new mega wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa has signed the first contracts for its new 14 MW offshore wind turbine. Combined the orders have a capacity of 2,940 MW, some 210 units, with another 1,044 MW possibly in the pipeline. ...Read more
Mammoet lands largest-ever contract for $21bn Arctic LNG 2 project
Mammoet has secured its largest-ever contract for the 21 billion dollars Arctic LNG 2 project in northern Russia. It will see the heavy-lift specialist lift 42 modules with a combined weight of more than half...Read moreSiemens Gamesa challenges GE with new 14MW offshore turbine
Siemens Gamesa has announced a new 14 MW offshore wind turbine to challenge GE’s 12 MW Haliade-X turbine. Figures show it will be slightly bigger than the Haliade-X but the nacelle will be 100 tonnes...Read more