COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers’s multipurpose vessel, the MV Green Kemi, has completed its maiden voyage to Finland. The vessel, also the largest in the world carrying pulp with an ice classification, sailed into the port...Read more
Erhardt Projects division has recently completed another heavy transport operation. The company moved the heavy cargo onboard United Heavy Lift’s F900 Eco-Lifter UHL Figter from Tarragona in Spain to Laem Chabang in Thailand.Read more
United Heavy Lift’s new heavy lift vessel UHL Fresh, set sail on her maiden voyage from Tianjin, China to Europe with project cargo onboard. The vessel has been officially delivered to the shipping company on...Read more
Based on the announcement about the new alliance between Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd, business management consultancy Infrata has reviewed what it means, so far, and what the future implications could be.Read more
Goldwind turbines for the 89 MW Castle wind farm being developed by African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) have arrived in South Africa. The units have been recently unloaded at the Coega port in the Eastern...Read more
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. They are calling for immediate and concerted EU efforts, including a naval operation, receiving support from the European...Read more
Swire Projects, a projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, has launched a Western Australia Express (WAX) service, a monthly semi-liner shipping service connecting major ports in China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore,...Read more
There seems to be a consensus that 2023 was a good year for project cargo and the multipurpose vessel (MPP) sector. However, in its report, the Hamburg-based shipbroker Toepfer Transport, noted that the sector did...Read more
Swire Projects, the projects and heavy lift shipping division of Swire Shipping has been tagged to transport wind turbine components for the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia.Read more
SAL Heavy Lift has brought its 2004-built heavy lifter MV Maria back into action with a fresh coat of paint inspired by the Orca Class vessels currently under construction at the Wuhu Shipyard in China.Read more
Eagle Bulk Shipping’s Gibraltar Eagle loaded with a cargo of steel products was hit some 100 miles (160 kilometres) offshore in the Gulf of Aden. The US-based owner and operator said all its seafarers onboard...Read more
Erhardt Projects Middle East team was recently tasked with transporting four Port Gantry Cranes (RTG) from Malaysia to Thailand. The company deployed the Yu Zhou Qi Hang deck carrier for the job.Read more
Toepfer Transport ReportThe trajectory of the Toepfer Transport’s Multipurpose (MPP) Index has remained unchanged, as the figures show a drop for the seventh month in a row. The only positive uptick since January 2023 happened in June...Read more
Independent forwarding and transport consultancy company Manora Logistics has transported components for the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe de Lion (EFGL) offshore windfarm project. Manora Logistics completed months of preparation and engineering to transport the first...Read more
The Red Sea crisis shows no signs of easing as A.P. Moller – Maersk pauses all transits through the region ‘for the foreseeable future’ and ocean freight shipping rates continue to surge. The latest data...Read more
Bolloré Logistics Chile recently completed a complex logistics operation by transporting a colossal mobile drilling rig of 650 cubic metres, consisting of five parts, weighing an astonishing 118 tonnes. This operation involved a journey from...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift has taken formal delivery of the semi-submersible deck carrier, MV Zhong Ren 121, in Shanghai. The company chartered MV Zhong Ren 121 and its sister vessel MV Zhong Ren 122 in October...Read more
Drewry's OpinionThe Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index has continued its modest climb in the last month of 2023, although, it came short of the predicted level. The holiday period may have had a hand in little...Read more
Heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 1 has completed its journey from the Seatrium shipyard in Singapore to the Aibel shipyard in Haugesund, Norway, with the 900 MW DolWin Epsilon platform aboard. The 23,000-ton HVDC converter...Read more
Toepfer Transport ReportDespite facing multiple challenges, the European shortsea sector has come out the other end of 2023 with a “satisfying after all” mark from the Hamburg-based shipbroker Toepfer Transport. Read more