German authorities would like to see more project cargo shift from the roads onto the inland waterways, especially the components needed for the construction of wind turbines. As part of the Federal Ministry of Transport’s...Read more
The recent dissolution of the 2M alliance between MSC and Maersk is expected to bring more competition in the container shipping sector. However, could the dissolution have a wider effect, on markets such as project...Read more
The family-run medium-sized shipping company HS Schiffahrts has seen the first steel for its 7,000 dwt multipurpose vessels cut at the Cochin Shipyard (CSL), India.Read more
Over the last couple of years a number of trends could be observed, with a shift in the supply chains being one and the fluctuations in freight rates being the obvious other. Comments from within...Read more
The need for a more sustainable world has brought about one of the major game changers of our time, the energy transition. For the EU this has become even more urgent because of the war in...Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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