Volga Dnepr grounds AN-124 fleet following engine failure
AirfreightThe Volga-Dnepr Group is temporarily grounding its eight AN-124 aircraft after one of the heavy cargo planes had to make an emergency landing in Novosibirsk last week due to engine problems. The emergency landing caused...Read more
Chapman Freeborn flies freighter full with high-value cargo to Australia
AirfreightPRESS 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
Project logisticsPRESS 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
ShippingPRESS 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
ShippingJumbo 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
Barrus Projects moves heavy pieces by rail in Russia
Project logisticsPRESS 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
Geodis extends airfreight services between Europe and USA
AirfreightPRESS RELEASE – Geodis has announced the continuation of its scheduled own controlled network service linking Europe and the USA. The current service, providing three full rotations each week, has been confirmed throughout 2021.Read more
Danish freight forwarders Freja and SDK merge
Project logisticsDanish family-owned freight forwarders Freja and SDK are merging their businesses to create a logistics provider with 1,300 employees and an annual turnover of more than EUR 671 million. The merged entity will continue as...Read more
C.H. Robinson moves large batch of air coolers
Project logisticsPRESS 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
Fortune Transport contracted to move separators to China
Project logisticsPRESS RELEASE – Fortune International Transport in Italy has recently shipped a complete high-pressure separator including all equipment from Marghera in Venice to China. The heaviest piece weighed 90 tonnes with three additional pieces of...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
Megalift moves 82-tonne pressure vessel in Malaysia
PRESS RELEASE – Megalift has transported an oversized oil and gas pressure vessel from the fabricator’s yard in Kemaman in the state of Terengganu to Petronas’s chemical plant in Gebeng in the state of Pahang,...Read more
“Traditional freight forwarding now requires additional services”
Project logisticsThe Covid-19 pandemic is forcing freight forwarders to expand their services in order to secure contracts. “We have to rethink how we handle project forwarding and offer additional services like engineering”, said managing director Maria...Read more
Collett delivers for Burnfoot Hill East extension
Onshore windPRESS RELEASE – Collett has delivered an additional three Vestas V112 wind turbines and components for the Burnfoot Hill East wind farm extension in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. The parts were delivered to the site form the...Read more
Blue Water Shipping target of hacker attack
Blue Water Shipping has been the target of an attempted hacker attack but with the help of experts, the company was able to prevent an actual breach of the system, the freight forwarder announces on...Read more
Turn crisis into opportunity with the Project Cargo Summit 2020 Online
Project Cargo Summit 2020The world economy has taken a massive hit, but as entrepreneurs and economists will often tell you, crises also present opportunities. During the online edition of the Project Cargo Summit 2020 on the 23rd and...Read more
Mammoet helps Burkina Faso realize a 20% power increase
Project logisticsPRESS RELEASE – Mammoet has completed a large power project which will help Burkina Faso to increase its national power generation capacity by almost 20%. The heavy-lift company was contracted to move several large engines,...Read more
Agility’s profit falls sharply but projects division performs strong
Project logisticsFreight forwarder Agility has recorded a sharp decline in net profit but was able to remain profitable in the first half of 2020. “If the crisis has demonstrated anything, it is the essential value of...Read more