PRESS RELEASE – BIMCO has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary-General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Loosley...BIMCO selects David Loosley as new Secretary-General
PRESS RELEASE – Svenska Orient Linien (SOL) becomes the new majority owner in the Swedish logistics company Scandinavian Logistics Partners,...SOL buys majority stake in Scanlog to provide door-to-door service
PRESS RELEASE – SAL Heavy Lift is taking further steps to strengthen and develop its digital landscape by creating a...SAL appoints Chief Information Officer to develop digital business
Rhenus ships 13 large MAN engines for Karpowership
PRESS RELEASE – Rhenus Project Logistics is organising the transportation, handling and storage of 13 enormous MAN diesel engines and their fixtures as part of a complex project in which they will be used as...Read more
Mammoet loses ALE brand following takeover
Mammoet has dropped the name ALE Heavy Lift following its takeover of the third-largest heavy lift company in the world. Effective January 8th, the business will be completely incorporated and operate under the Mammoet brand. Over...Read more
A.Hak International awarded Baltic Pipe Project Contract
PRESS RELEASE – A.Hak International has been awarded the contract for part of the onshore pipeline of the Baltic Pipe Project in Denmark. The Project is being developed by Energinet, the Danish gas and electricity...Read more
One dead and five sick after illness strikes Boka Vanguard transport
The world’s largest heavy cargo vessel, Boskalis’ Boka Vanguard, has interrupted its voyage from China to Brazil in South Africa to land five seriously ill and one deceased seafarer. It concerns crew members of the...Read more
Promedia and Dutch Shipbrokers Society join forces for Project Cargo Summit 2020
PCJ’s publisher, Promedia, has signed a partnership agreement with the Dutch Shipbrokers Society for the next edition of the Project Cargo Summit. In 2020, this dedicated project cargo event will be organised in close collaboration...Read more
“Combining business cultures of decade long rivals was challenging”
After successfully merging Gearbulk and Grieg Star into the largest breakbulk shipping company in the world, Rune Birkeland has resigned as CEO of G2 Ocean per the 1st of January, 2020. “Looking back, the biggest...Read more
Siemens Gamesa set for giga growth in US with major contract
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the massive 2,64 GW Dominion Energy Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA, the largest offshore wind power project in the...Read more
Roll Group expands fleet with module carrier
PRESS RELEASE – After the extension of their land activities into Asia in 2019, Roll Group starts 2020 in a similar manner with the addition of another module carrier into their fleet. On 6th January...Read more
DEME completes foundation of Belgium’s largest wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – DEME has completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The last monopile foundation landed on the...Read more
Siemens Gamesa reaches EUR 1.72 billion in green financing
PRESS RELEASE – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is moving forward in its strategy of making sustainability a key element of all aspects of its business, including its funding strategy. Siemens Gamesa recently extended a guarantee line...Read more
Portugal’s first floating wind farm starts producing
PRESS RELEASE – The first platform of the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm has started producing energy for Portugal’s power grid, after being successfully connected on 31st December. The platform is equipped with an 8.4...Read more
Prices for IMO 2020 fuels skyrocket
With IMO 2020 now in effect, fuel prices for low sulphur fuel have soared, shooting up almost 50% in major bunker ports like Singapore. Prices for heavy fuel oil, on the other hand, have remained...Read more
Equinor will spend EUR 5 billion to cut emissions with 40% by 2030
Equinor has launched a new climate initiative to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operated offshore fields and onshore plants in Norway with 40% by 2030, 70% by 2040 and to near zero...Read more
Shipping confidence hits 18-month high
PRESS RELEASE – Confidence in the shipping industry rose in the last quarter to its highest level for 18 months, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from shipping adviser and accountant BDO. The average confidence level...Read more
VOS Singapore secures new ship management contract
PRESS RELEASE – VOS Singapore has secured a new third-party ship management contract with a Bruneian Offshore Support Vessel owner and operator Lantana Services. The vessel in question is the 2011-built anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel...Read more