SEDNA: multipurpose sector outlook positive, digitalisation to play a vital role
Two major trends are anticipated to fuel growth in the breakbulk sector in 2023, the first being the focus on decarbonisation and the second being the shortage in the construction equipment market, driving the prices...Read more
BigLift relies on synergy with Spliethoff for renewables project cargo shipments
Whereas green energy fuels worldwide are becoming more and more important, BigLift Shipping notes that shipments for the renewables market also has grown considerably. While wind energy equipment is growing apace, becoming heavier and larger,...Read more
Bertling partners with Al Khaldi to grow in Saudi market
Project logisticsBertling Logistics has formed a new joint venture with the Saudi freight forwarder Al Khaldi. The new business called Al Khaldi-Bertling Logistics will open its doors on 1 February 2021 and be headquartered in the...Read more
Scorpio Bulkers plans to enter wind turbine installation market
Offshore windDry bulk carrier Scorpio Bulkers has announced plans to enter the renewables market. The Monaco-based carrier has signed a letter of intent for the construction of a new installation vessel with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine...Read more
Wagenborg wins large turbine shipment for ro/ro liner service
Ro/roWagenborg has secured a large wind turbine transport contract for its ro/ro liner service between the Netherlands and Sweden. The company will ship 33 windmills and additional components which will take 17 voyages to complete. Read more
IEA: Corona crisis threatens to derail renewables growth
Renewables2020 was forecasted to be a record year for the renewables industry but without government action, the corona crisis could considerably disrupt its momentum, warns the International Energy Agency (IEA). In Europe, wind turbine manufacturers...Read more
Jumbo wins transport contract for world’s largest offshore wind farm
Offshore windJumbo has been contracted by DEME Offshore to ship 165 monopiles and 135 transition pieces from Aalborg to Eemshaven. The components are destined for Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Two wind farm which, once completed, will be...Read more
US offshore wind investments could overtake offshore oil and gas by 2025
Offshore windInstalled 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 moreGRS and Coli team up to target Japanese renewables market
Offshore windGlobal Renewables Shipbrokers and Coli Schiffahrt & Transport have teamed up to target offshore renewable growth markets in Asia and Japan in particular. The timing to enter the Japanese market is ideal, the partners say....Read more
Maersk family buys into wind industry
A.P. Møller Holding will acquire the Danish KK Group which, through its subsidiary KK Wind Solutions, is a leading systems supplier of wind power electronics. KK Wind Solutions works with all the large wind OEM’s...Read more
Allseas enters renewables market with takeover of Bluerise
RenewablesDutch offshore contractor Allseas has entered the renewables market. It is not the offshore wind industry the company is targeting. Instead, Allseas has acquired Bluerise, a specialist developer of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology. Bluerise...Read more
DEME integrates offshore services
Offshore Belgian offshore group DEME has integrated its subsidiaries GeoSea, Tideway, A2Sea and EverSea into DEME Offshore to form a more ‘agile organisation’. By integrating all of our offshore activities, expertise and capabilities into a more agile...Read more