PCJ Live: 2023 brings positive vibes for project cargo and MPP sector
The project cargo transport industry has faced a number of obstacles in 2022, with project forwarders, shippers and cargo owners having to find solutions to work through the challenging market conditions. Despite this, and some...Read more
Converting an oil tanker into a project cargo ship. Why not?
Offshore wind equipment has been growing in size each year with foundations, transition pieces, tower pieces, nacelles and blades, all growing in size, as well as weight.Read more
Energy is high on the agenda for Port of Rotterdam as breakbulk throughput rises
InterviewEnergy is high on the agenda, energy transition is high on the agenda, says Twan Romeijn, business manager breakbulk & offshore industry at the Port of Rotterdam, when we met him at Breakbulk Europe.Read more
Historical American ST 479 Tiger tugboat brought home
An ST 479 Tiger tugboat, used during the Second World War, and subsequently left in Europe, has been brought back to the United States, its country of origin. Transported aboard Spliethoff’s multi-purpose vessel Snoekgracht, it...Read more
Ocean Network Express transports luxury yacht
The Japanese container transportation and shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE), domiciled in Singapore, transported a luxury yacht. ONE’s ownership is shared between three shipping lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and K Line....Read more
UML and SaDi Chartering launch Atlantic-based multipurpose service
United Marguisa Lines (UML), belonging to Marguisa Shipping Lines, a shipping company of the Spanish Sea & Ports group, has established a new Atlantic basin-focused multipurpose service. Read more
Rethinking the supply chain: Ahlers projects & machinery unit is fit for the shift
VideoOnly days after Jeroen De Ryck, global business unit manager, projects & machinery at Ahlers praised the positive and healthy outlook for 2022, the war broke out in Ukraine, leaving the company in a precarious...Read more
North Sea Port bracing for project cargo demand jump
VideoPorts are a major enabler of the energy transition and a very important link in the supply chain for the offshore wind industry. North Sea Port that spans more than 60 kilometres across two countries,...Read more
Port of Rotterdam: energy transition shakes up breakbulk industry
Worldwide, it is one of the most important ongoing evolutions: the energy transition. For supply chains in the breakbulk industry and for ports around the world, this transition has an enormous impact as well. With...Read more
Blue Bell ships project cargo on CMA CGM’s liner service
As space on multipurpose vessel continues to be constrained, Blue Bell Shipping turned to CMA CGM’s liner service to ship project cargo from Jebel Ali, UAE to Kurdistan. The freight forwarder’s project team delivered two...Read more
deugro: Christmas season pressure to hit MPP market
Freight forwarding and project logistics specialist deugro expects the upcoming Christmas season to put additional stress on the container market, and subsequently the MPP segment as well. Read more
Mammoet brings Transformers to the roads of Texas
No, these images are not a scene from the new Transformers movie, but they surely do show how Optimus Prime would look like hauling project cargo. In reality, is is the Dutch heavy lift and...Read more
MV Svenja concludes Saint-Nazaire OWF foundations transport
In early October, SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Svenja completed the last of its 20 journeys for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm project in France. Right after the completion of the Hornsea 2 project earlier this...Read more
DAKO eyes ‘high quantity’ of projects in West Africa
West African region is providing a plethora of firm contract opportunities for the German freight forwarding specialist DAKO Worldwide Transport. Speaking to Project Cargo Journal, the company’s managing director Julian Slusarek notes that there are...Read more
deugro moves one of heaviest heavy loads Germany has ever seen
Three reactors weighing a total of 1,603 metric tons were recently transported to the Port of Kelheim, making it one of the heaviest heavy load transports ever done in Germany. The complex logistics services specialist deugro...Read more
Port of Blyth eyes project cargo services uptake
The Port of Blyth has set its sights on becoming a major project cargo hub for offshore energy projects. The port has recently been selected by Seaway 7 as the location for the storage and mobilisation...Read more
Is there space for project cargo on container ships?
The current market situation has seen a complete reversal of roles between the container shipping segment and the breakbulk and MPP sector. While traditionally container vessels competed for project cargo, nowadays, breakbulk, MPP and even...Read more
Project cargo on rails
Next year, it is going to be more difficult to transport project cargo over the road in Germany. A chance for rail, says DB Cargo, which knows that large and heavy objects can also be...Read more