Project cargo throughput up at Port of Newcastle despite a challenging 2022
The Port of Newcastle in the New South Wales, Australia, reported strong throughput across the board, despite the impact of multiple flood events associated with a multi-year La Niña.Read more
NSW Ports envision Port Kembla as offshore wind hub
NSW Ports has developed a concept for a large-scale port facility at Port Kembla’s Outer Harbour. The facility would aid NSW’s transition to renewable energy and support offshore wind development projects. Read more
Last of Seagreen foundation towers depart Port of Nigg
Seagreen Wind Farm is has entered the home stretch as the remaining eight three-legged foundation towers were successfully loaded onto barges at Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg in the Highlands of Scotland.Read more
Grimaldi acquires assets in Port of Amsterdam
Grimaldi Group has acquired assets and a 20-year concession in the Amerikahaven area of the Dutch capital port covering the surface of over 200,000 square metres. Grimaldi acquired the assets through its unit, Amsterdam Multipurpose...Read more
EU awards major grant to Port Esbjerg
Port Esbjerg received a grant of over 28 million euros from the European Union, to deepen its fairway from 9.3 to 12.8 metres by the end of next year. This will allow larger vessels to...Read more
Photo of the Week: heavy lift meeting under Seven Elephants agency
Photo of the WeekEach week, Project Cargo Journal will be sharing one photograph, showcasing industry activity. This week’s photograph is courtesy of Seven Elephants Ship Agents.Read more
Finnish Port of Kaskinen starts handling wind turbine components
The Port of Kaskinen, located on the western coast of Finland, in the Gulf of Bothnia, has joined the group of ports that is serving the wind turbine industry. Since mid-January, vessels carrying wind turbine...Read more
Pembroke Port prepares for Floating Offshore Wind
The Port of Milford Haven Authority is collaborating with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, and Tugdock Limited, to prepare for floating offshore wind construction at its Pembroke Port facilities, in Wales.Read more
Eurogate orders Liebherr STS cranes
The Bremmen-based Eurogate group has ordered two Ship-to-shore (STS) cranes for one of their German terminals, from the Rostock-based industrial machine manufacturer, Liebherr.Read more
Port of Duluth-Superior post highest general cargo throughput since 1986
The Port of Duluth-Superior posted a drop in throughput over 2022 with the project cargo segment being the season’s major highlight. The port noted that its throughput for the year 2022 ended 7.6 percent down...Read more
Sarens PSG picked for Moray West monopiles marshalling
Sarens PSG has been selected by Moray West to undertake the marshalling work at Invergordon of all 62 monopiles prior to installation as part of the Moray West offshore wind farm. Ocean Winds, created as...Read more
Energy transition brings plenty of opportunities for breakbulk
The need for a more sustainable world has brought about one of the major game changers of our time, the energy transition. For the EU this has become even more urgent because of the war in...Read more
One year of PSA Breakbulk: record volumes, new cargo, and investments
PSA Breakbulk is a joint venture launched by PSA Antwerp, Felbermayr Group, and Haeger & Schmidt Logistics (HSL) in June 2021. Moreover, the year was characterised by investments in new equipment to handle out-of-gauge (OOG) cargo.Read more
Liebherr, Salerno Container Terminal partner up again in crane deal
The Salerno Container Terminal, roughly 50 kilometres south of Naples, in southern Italy, added another Liebherr mobile harbour crane to its fleet. The new LHM 600 High Rise (HR) will increase the port handling capacity...Read more
Six European ports join forces on expediting green transition
Representatives of the six largest wind ports in Europe have agreed to join forces to speed up the green transition in order to meet Europe’s ambitious offshore wind deployment targets. The six ports signing a...Read more
Heavy transport specialist takes a 250-ton scrubber for a ride
Silvasti, a Finnish heavy transport company, delivered a scrubber from Savonlinna to the port of Hamina, in southeastern Finland. The cargo was moved on a 20-axle modular trailer with the aid of a pusher truck,...Read more
Freight forwarder enables power plant construction in Colombia
UTC Overseas, an international freight forwarder with headquarters in Houston, completed the transportation of the equipment needed to operate a new power plant in Colombia. According to the company, this mobilisation was the transportation of...Read more
HAROPA PORT in 2022: more traffic and investments in green policies
HAROPA PORT, the French port complex comprising the ports of Le Havre, Rouen, and Paris, has launched various investments in the ecological and energy transition throughout 2022. At the same time, most traffic along the...Read more