Project logisticsDSV has acquired the Kuwaiti freight forwarder Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) for 3.5 billion euros. The takeover comes as a surprise. It was expected that DSV would press the pause button on major acquisitions...Read more
ShippingPRESS RELEASE – German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner is strengthening its management team with Nils Aden joining the group as Managing Director on 1 May 2021.Read more
Offshore windSAL Renewables has established a new partnership with OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions and Wind Multiplikator to deliver major component exchanges (MCE) for the offshore wind industry in Northern Europe. SAL will provide the logistical side,...Read more
Project logisticsMammoet has transported more than 480 items to the construction site of a chemical facility owned by fertilizer manufacturer Grupa Azoty. The components are meant for the propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PDH/PP) blocks of the...Read more
Project logisticsM-Star Projects recently handled another shipment as part of the Perenco Southern Hub Area Rationalisation Project (SHARP). This time, three types of oversized gas modules had to delivered from the supplier in Jebel Ali to...Read more
EquipmentPRESS RELEASE – Scheuerle has expanded its SPMT PowerHoss series with the addition of a six-axle version featuring a width of 3,000 millimetres. These transport modules now offer up to 330 tonnes of payload per...Read more
Project logisticsScan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened its first office in France today. Following the successful expansion in Benelux, Poland, and the Czech Republic, the new office is expected to bring a strategic position to provide...Read more
Project logisticsThe Rhenus Group, through its shortsea subsidiary Rhenus Maritime Services (RMS), has bought a majority stake of 60% in the Hamburg-based shipbroker Arkon Shipping & Projects. The shares were purchased from Arkon Shipping. Read more
Project logisticsPRESS RELEASE – C.H. Robinson recently delivered two liquid oxygen tanks, each weighing 203.5 tonnes, from China to Houston. The tanks were received at the port in Shanghai and loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel of...Read more
ShippingMSC has shipped 11 ballast wagons from Antwerp to Montevideo in a single shipment. To accommodate the wagons, a bed of 24 fourty-foot flat racks was created, generating a surface area of nearly 675 square...Read more
Project logisticsOsprey has been contracted to load out the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, which will be installed in the spring of 2021 at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, UK. The Orbital O2 tidal...Read more
Project logisticsMammoet has delivered 14 crucial components for the Angara space rocket complex which is being constructed in Russia. The company was contracted to unload the pieces of heavy and oversized equipment from a barge and...Read more
Ro/roHyundai Glovis is expanding its cargo business to use its pure car and truck carriers for breakbulk transport to diversify its business portfolio, reports the Korea Herald. The ro/ro carrier aims to double its volume...Read more
Project logisticsBertling has appointed the Qatari freight forwarder United Logistics as the company’s dedicated network agent in the country. The companies say they have teamed up to jointly explore “new business opportunities in Qatar and other...Read more
Project logisticsThe Blue Water Group has booked a record profit of EUR 25.8 million in 2020, despite the pandemic and a cyberattack causing significant turmoil. The record result was achieved by optimisation and positive development of...Read more
AirfreightChapman Freeborn and Antonov Airlines have transported 370 tonnes of mining plant equipment from Melbourne in Australia to Brazil using three Antonov An-124 aircraft.Read more
AirfreightVolga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its sixth Antarctic program operating five charter flights to the cold continent to deliver equipment for the DROMLAN international Antarctic project.Read more
Project logisticsPRESS RELEASE – From October 2020 to late January 2021, Blue Water completed three project cargo shipments consisting of 142 units of equipment for an FPSO. The cargo had to be moved from Italy to...Read more
Project logisticsDHL Industrial Projects is supporting Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft with the transport of the largest order of rolling stock in the history of Hungary. A total of 676 coaches are being transferred from the production site...Read more
Ceva Logistics has been awarded the contract to manage Airbus’ production supply at the manufacturer’s aircraft assembly site in Hamburg, Germany. The freight forwarder speaks of “a major expansion of its international aerospace business.” Read more