PRESS RELEASE – Following a growing demand for offshore equipment and support in the emerging markets such as decommissioning and...KenzFigee expands into UK market
The maritime industry is frustrated by the treatment of seafarers who are left stranded on board of their ships as...Industry lashes out over coronavirus-related seafarer treatment
PRESS RELEASE – Roll-Lift USA and ATCO have moved six Wärtsilä engines in Aruba for freight forwarder Martin Bencher group.
Martin...Roll-Lift and ATCO deliver engines in Aruba for Martin Bencher Group
Heerema closes HQ in response to Dutch coronavirus measures
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has closed its headquarters in Leiden, the Netherlands in response to measures issued by the Dutch government. In an attempt to slow down and prevent the spread of COVID-19, The Hague...Read more
Coronavirus forces organizers to postpone and cancel breakbulk events
The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a major impact on the transport and logistics industry but event planners are faced with tough decisions as well. An increasing number of breakbulk and project cargo events...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift completes first piling project with new fly-jib
PRESS RELEASE – SAL Heavy Lift has recently completed its first offshore piling project using its newly installed fly-jib on the heavy-lift vessel Lone. Together with the main contractor Per Aarsleff A/S, the German shipping company...Read more
Zeamarine Belgium also bites the dust
Following hot on the heels of the closure of two offices in Denmark, Zeamarine’s office in Antwerp has also been declared bankrupt. Six people have reportedly been sent home. The Business Court in Antwerp declared the...Read more
Charter rates start to slide as coronavirus spreads
The charter rates for multipurpose vessels are starting to slide as a result of lower demand caused by the coronavirus. The average day rate for a 12,500 dwt MPV/HL vessel dropped with nearly 200 dollars...Read more
RHB adds second heavy-lift crane in port of Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Rotterdam stevedore company RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing has bought a second mobile shore crane for loading and unloading of heavy-lift, offshore and project cargo. The company has purchased a Liebherr LHM 550...Read more
Demand growth for multipurpose shipping wiped out by coronavirus
There’s little chance left that multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels will see any demand growth this year following the outbreak of the coronavirus. “Any anticipated recovery will not be sufficient to offset contractions of the first...Read more
Buss wins tender offer for the world’s largest offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will serve as the base port for the installation of the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. As of May, more than half of the...Read more
Sunken harbour cranes brought to the surface in Rostock Port
The water-side salvage of the mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock Port on January 31 has been completed. The first of the cranes was recovered on Saturday, the...Read more
Video: Pioneering Spirit’s new Jacket Lift System explained
Allseas’ record-breaking construction vessel Pioneering Spirit will soon be able to remove and install jackets weighing up to 20,000 tonnes in a single lift. Systems and parts of the new Jacket Lift System are taking...Read more
Fuel prices take a massive nosedive
Fuel prices have taken a massive nosedive since the beginning of the year with low sulphur fuel prices in Singapore dropping from USD 734 per tonne on January 1st to USD 415 per tonne today. The...Read moreZeamarine closes offices in Denmark
Zeamarine is closing its operations in Denmark. The Danish subsidiary has filed for bankruptcy resulting in the closure of two offices and 23 employees being sent home, confirms local liquidator Hafnia Law. The German breakbulk carrier...Read more
Manager loses contact with general cargo vessel after pirate attack
Chinese vessel manager Tianjin Xinhai International Ship Management has lost contact with its general cargo vessel Huanghai Glory after the vessel sent a piracy alert using its Ship Security Alert System (SSAS). An unknown number of...Read more
Siemes preferred supplier for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Ørsted has named Siemens Gamesa as the preferred turbine supplier for two offshore wind power projects in the German North Sea totalling more than 1.1 GW in capacity. The award concerns the 242...Read more
Nirint Shipping adds two multipurpose vessels to its fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Dutch shipping company Nirint Shipping has expanded its fleet with two 17,000 dwt multipurpose vessels, the Augusta Luna and Augusta Star. They will replace two container vessels on the company’s Europe- Caribbean-Canada-Europe...Read more