Charter rates for multipurpose vessels remain stable so far
Despite the coronavirus, a very low Baltic Dry Index and problems at Zeamarine, charter rates for multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels so far seem to remain stable, according to Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index. Toepfer’s Multipurpose Index measures...Read more
US wind market drives project cargo growth in Duluth
PRESS RELEASE – A rise in project cargo pushed the total cargo volume in the Port of Duluth to 33.5 million tonnes in 2019. Thanks to a growing US wind industry, the handling of project...Read more
Zeamarine officially insolvent as restructuring continues
The German booking and operation offices Zeamarine Bremen, Zeamarine Germany and Zeamarine Chartering have come under court supervision while the restructuring of the Bremen-based MPV-operator continues, meaning the company is officially insolvent. In the first official...Read more
Antonov moves sales and service in-house
Antonov Airlines will move its sales and service in-house following the break-up with Dreamlifts, which has been acting as the airlines’ global sales and service agent since the end of 2016. Dreamlifts recently announced it...Read more
Coronavirus likely to hit multipurpose shipping hard too
Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, analysts find it difficult to estimate the exact impact of the coronavirus on the multipurpose and heavy-lift shipping industry but certain is that key markets and competing sectors are heavily...Read more
Dreamlifts ends GSA role for Antonov
Dreamlifts will no longer be acting as a worldwide General Sales and Service Agent for Antonov Airlines as from 1st March 2020, a role the company has fulfilled since 2016. While renewing the contract, the...Read more
BigLift ships FPSO modules
PRESS RELEASE – BigLift Shipping has shipped two topside modules for MODEC FPSO Carioca (Project MV-30) from Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, to Dalian, China, using Spliethoff’s mv Poolgracht. The FPSO is being built in China and...Read more
Intermarine reopens for business with three Americas services
Intermarine has reopened its doors for business launching three services covering the US Gulf, the Caribbean and South America. Intermarine disappeared as a brand following a merger with Zeaborn to form Zeamarine in 2018. The...Read more
Cargo Equipment Experts and Priority Cargo Network merge
PRESS RELEASE – Cargo Equipment Experts CEE and Priority Cargo Network have merged their activities under the brand of Priority Cargo Network with immediate effect. The move is expected to present more opportunities to member companies...Read more
Meriaura adds coaster to fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Meriaura Shipping has added a new ship to its fleet, the 4,450 dwt M/V Friendland. According to the company, the vessel has a favourable dead weight/volume ratio (7200 m3) and is, therefore,...Read more
Intermarine brand revived as Zeamarine spins off US business
Intermarine has been resurrected as an independent shipping company as Zeamarine is spinning off its Americas business as part of the restructuring process announced in December. The company will be managed by Richard Seeg, who...Read more
Liebherr cranes fall off Jumbo ship while loading in Rostock
Part of Rostock Port has been closed after two mobile harbour cranes fell off the heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Vision during loading operations. Because there are fluids leaking from the cranes, port basin B has been...Read more
“We boost awareness about our members to customers worldwide”
The Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. PCJ caught up with network company director Wolfgang Karau to talk about how it all started, what’s next and the current state of...Read more
BNSFL moves transformer from Texas to Montana
PRESS RELEASE – The team from the BNSFL Project Center in Houston handled the transport of a heavy transformer with a weight 113,4 tonnes arriving from China at the Port of Houston to Colstrip, Montana. For...Read more
Rhenus orders electric harbour crane for deepsea terminal in Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Breakbulk and heavy-lift terminal operator Rhenus Logistics has ordered the first electric mobile harbour crane in the Netherlands for its deepsea terminal in Rotterdam. The eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald crane will use external...Read more
DSV Panalpina signs major project logistics deal with Vestas
DSV Panalpina has signed a major logistics agreement with Vestas to execute and manage its general freight and special project transportation. The partnership aims to simplify Vestas’ global transportation set-up and help the company to...Read more
Mammoet and LADOL create project cargo hub in Lagos
PRESS RELEASE – Nigerian company Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base (LADOL) and Mammoet, the global have signed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding LADOL’s project cargo capacity for industrial sectors in West Africa. The partnership will enable...Read more
US offshore wind investments could overtake offshore oil and gas by 2025
Installed offshore wind capacity in US waters could reach 20GW by 2030 and annual investments in the sector could surpass USD 15 billion by the mid-2020s. That would mean capital expenditure in US offshore wind...Read more