Carbon capture equipment shipped from Belgium to Norway
K2 Project forwarding transported equipment for the Aker Carbon Capture Project from Antwerp, in Belgium, to the town of Brevik, approximately 170 kilometres south of Oslo, in Norway.Read more
TanKo International transport for cement silos
TanKo International (97), part of Uniko Global, and Project Logistics Alliance member representing Israel, transported two cement silos. These silos were constructed in Turkey, and transported to a client in Israel.Read more
KLM Group orders four new A350F freighter aircraft
Martinair, the operating carrier for KLM Cargo, has placed a firm order for four new A350F sustainable freighter aircraft with Airbus.Read more
Oman-bound 375-ton column falls of bulker Mask in the Adriatic Sea
A 375-ton column has fallen off its bulk carrier while travelling from the port of Marghera, near Venice to Oman on January 24. The accident occurred off the Italian Adriatic shore near Ancona, in central-eastern...Read more
DSV delivers 650-tonne component for RDMP Balikpapan project
DSV Projects team was tasked with planing and executing a heavy lift and out-of-gauge transports for a refinery project in Balikpapan, Indonesia. Read more
F.H. Bertling Logistics moves OOG cargo from Japan to Turkiye
F.H. Bertling Logistics’ in-house engineering and technical teams have worked hand in hand with the company’s units in Spain and Turkiye to complete a shipment for a petrochemical plant. The OOG cargo was shipped from...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
Value Maritime: first Filtree orders for newly built container vessels
Purus Marine and Nordic Hamburg have placed an order for four of Value Maritime’s Filtree Systems including Clean Loop System and 30% Carbon Capture. It is the first time that Filtree Systems have been ordered...Read more
UTC Overseas carries out historical delivery 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
Drewry: multipurpose index flat in December
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index has beaten expectations and close the year 2022 slightly above forecast. In its latest report, Drewry noted that its Index remained flat, at $9,946 per day, despite the general...Read more
Boskalis to build its 100th offshore wind farm
Boskalis, a Dutch company specialised in maritime infrastructure construction and maintenance, will build an offshore wind farm off the United States coastline. As the company posted on LinkedIn, this will be the “100th offshore windfarm...Read more
More women enter the breakbulk sector, despite prevailing prejudice
Breakbulk and project cargo shipping is a male-dominated industry, there is no two ways about it. However, over the recent years women have staked their claim. “Things have changed, especially over the last decade,” says...Read more
RoRo sailing vessel gets EU financial backing
Wallenius Wilhelmsen, together with its project partners, have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling €9 million to support building a RoRo sailing vessel. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating...Read more
US military equipment sent to Poland via the Netherlands
Almost 1,300 vehicles and other military equipment will be traveling from the port of Vlissingen, in the southwestern Netherlands to Poland and Lithuania. The first batch of cargo was delivered on Monday, 9 January at...Read more
Cargill sends a signal with world’s first methanol-powered kamsarmaxes
Cargill partnered up with Mitsui and Tsuneishi, a Japanese shipbuilding company, for an order of two methanol-powered kamsarmaxes. These will be the world’s first kamsarmax bulk carriers powered with methanol, with delivery scheduled for the...Read more
Carbon pricing in shipping: is it feasible?
The shipping industry is currently largely excluded from domestic and international carbon pricing schemes. However, according to Olaf Merk, administrator for ports and shipping at the International Transport Forum, the time is right to discuss...Read more
Appointments: a.hartrodt, UAL, K2 Project Forwarding bring in additions
In this week’s appointments overview, Universal Africa Lines, K2 Project Forwarding and a. hartrodt have introduced new faces into their ranks. a. hartrodt creates new position for Brian Engholm Kristiansen Brian Engholm Kristiansen has been responsible as...Read more
Drewry: multipurpose sector to beat competitors
While multipurpose vessel rates are expected to soften through 2023, the rate of decline is expected to be less than in competing sectors such as containerships and handysize dry bulk carriers, according to the latest...Read more