Collett transports 150-year-old Victorian clock tower
PRESS RELEASE – Collett has delivered an almost 150-year-old Victorian clock tower from Elland in West Yorkshire to Ripon in North Yorkshire. It’s the second time Collett is moving this rare piece, although the last...Read more
Spliethoff adds 10th P-type heavy-lift vessel
PRESS RELEASE – Spliethoff has acquired another P14-type vessel on Tuesday 15 December 2020. The vessel is renamed ‘Pottersgracht’ and reflagged to the Dutch register.Read more
dship Carriers launches new multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie
dship Carriers is expecting a new vessel, the F-500 type multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie. The vessel has just been launched at the yard and is designed to reduce fuel consumption and increase stowage flexibility. Read more
Marguisa appoints Wasa Projects as agent in Brasil
PRESS RELEASE – Marguisa Shipping Lines has appointed Wasa Projects & Chartering as its general agent in Brasil as of January 2021. The appointment is part of an ongoing expansion plan with full container services...Read more
Roll Group enters Russian market
PRESS RELEASE – Roll Group has expanded its commercial network with the appointment of TMBC Logistics as the commercial agent for RollDock Shipping in Russia. With the corporation, the heavy transport shipping company wants to...Read more
Chapman Freeborn flies freighter full with high-value cargo to Australia
PRESS RELEASE – Chapman Freeborn has transported 92 tonnes of high-value industrial cargo using an entire Boeing 747-400 freighter. “While Chapman Freeborn manages outsize cargo operations daily, from time to time, a challenge knocks at...Read more
ALS transports drilling rig in 121 packages
PRESS RELEASE – Abnormal Load Sevices (ALS) has transported a drilling rig in 121 packages totalling a volume of 6,750 cubic meters and 1,705 tonnes. Despite Covid-19, the company was able to deliver the cargo...Read more
AAL delivers stacker reclaimer for Pilbara mining project
PRESS RELEASE – AAL Shipping has delivered 22,400cbm of stacker reclaimer components from Dalian in North-East China to Port Hedland in Western Australia. The cargo, destined for the Fortescue Metals Group’s Eliwana Mine and Rail...Read more
Jumbo uses augmented reality to pinpoint shim points on deck
Jumbo has completed the first of 2 contracts supporting Subsea 7 projects for Total in Angola. For the first time, the company has used augmented reality to determine the shim points on deck. Using Microsoft’s...Read more
IMO agrees on weather dependent lashing
The discussion about weather-dependent lashing has continued both nationally and internationally, including within the IMO, for over 10 years. No consensus was ever reached about a so-called Unified Interpretation of the CSS Code. Until 11...Read more
Barrus Projects moves heavy pieces by rail in Russia
PRESS RELEASE – Barrus Projects has completed the transport of several oversized cargoes for Alexander Global Logistics to the site of JSC Taneco in Nizhnekamsk in Russia.Read more
Charter rates keep rising
Charter rates for multipurpose vessels keep rising bit by bit since the sudden fall at the beginning of the year. Day rates increased by 114 dollars to USD 6,729 this month, Toepfer’s multipurpose shipping index...Read more
C.H. Robinson moves large batch of air coolers
PRESS RELEASE – C.H. Robinson Project Logistics has transported 18 air coolers from Oklahoma to the Port of Houston and onto ocean vessels bound for the Middle East. The transport was carried out for one...Read more
Machinery volumes to decline as Caterpillar’s sales fall by 23%
Industrial manufacturer Caterpillar is shipping out a lot less machinery as a result of the pandemic. Third-quarter sales have fallen by 23% to USD 9.9 billion, compared to USD 12.8 billion in the third quarter...Read more
Antonov transports high-tech racing yachts
PRESS RELEASE – Antonov Airlines has transported three high-tech racing yachts that are designed to rise out of the water on hydrofoils. The yachts were carried to New Zealand by an AN-124-100 Ruslan aircraft for...Read more
Blue Water transports and assembles hydraulic hammer for Menck
Blue Water Shipping has transported and assembled a 187-tonne hydraulic hammer and 175-tonne heavy ram weight for pile driving specialist MENCK. Read more
Höegh ships turbine blades for DSV
PRESS RELEASE – Höegh Autoliners has shipped three 45-metre long rotor blades from Santander to Melbourne in Australia. The ro/ro carrier was contracted by DSV Projects Portugal which transported the blades overland from the factory...Read more
BigLift transports and installs two 1,700-tonne cranes
PRESS RELEASE – BigLift has transported and installed two 1,700-tonne Grab Ship Unloaders with its heavy-lift vessel Happy Star. The contract was carried out for client IUK. Read more