DHL Global Forwarding sings up for Esgian services
DHL Global Forwarding, Industrial Projects division has joined Esgian Shipping, the Oslo-based provider of analysis and benchmarking services of global shipping segments. DHL is said to have signed up for both RoRo and MPP services...Read more
IUMI issues recommendations on safe carriage of EVs
There are growing concerns within the shipping community, including marine underwriters, about fires breaking out on car carriers and RoRos with the assertion that many of these fires are attributable to electric vehicles. In response, the...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen expands fleet with new class of RoRos
Pushing forward with its net-zero agenda, RoRo shipping specialist, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, has signed a letter of intent for the delivery of four 9,350 CEU methanol-capable and ammonia-ready vessels. The company has secured individual options for...Read more
Höegh Autoliners inks deal to move construction equipment on its RoRo vessels
While limited by certain vessel characteristics, more and more market players are turning to the High & Heavy divisions at major RoRo operators for the transport of their breakbulk and project cargo. A Japanese construction...Read more
Höegh Autoliners use option to add four more Aurora class RoRo vessels
Transportation services provided Höegh Autoliners has exercised the option to construct additional four new multi-fuel and net zero carbon ready Aurora class RoRo vessels.Read more
Van der Vlist turns to RoRo for Komatsu machinery delivery to Sweden
Dutch heavy haulage and logistics service provider Van der Vlist has recently handled the delivery of heavy machinery from The Netherlands to Finland. The company shipped three Komatsu HD785-8E0’s from its home base in Groot-Ammers...Read more
Drewry: multipurpose vessel rates drop to continue pressured by containers, RoRo
Pressure on the multipurpose vessel charter rates from other sectors like containers, RoRo and drybulk continues, as reflected in the new charter rates assessment by Drewry. The consultancy noted its Multipurpose Time Charter Index has...Read more
UECC’s new link delivers more automotive and high & heavy capacity
UECC is set to provide a new link for the automotive and high and heavy and breakbulk cargoes sailing between the Port of Pasajes in Spain and the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. Starting May...Read more
CEVA Logistics secures services of four RoRo newbuilds
CEVA Logistics has signed a 10-year lease with its parent company CMA CGM for four of Eastern Pacific Shipping’s LNG dual-fuel hybrid deep-sea vessels. Originally, CEVA is looking to connect its automotive customers with more...Read more
Containers and breakbulk drag Port of Rotterdam throughput down
Breakbulk throughput in the Port of Rotterdam dipped significantly in the first three months of the year, mainly due to the fact that container carriers are dipping back into the sector. Read more
Sallaum’s first PCTCs to get MacGregor RoRo equipment
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been contracted to deliver RoRo equipment for two dual-fuel LNG pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) on order by Sallaum Lines. The RoRo shipping specialist has ordered the two vessels...Read more
First Gold Coast Rail shipment arrives in Brisbane on a RoRo vessel
There is a certain cool factor every time an oversized cargo is transported on a vessel. It often includes serious engineering, heavy lifting and precise stowage plans. Being high on the list is also seeing...Read more
We go for niche destinations, Anton Plompen, Greycarrier
People of the Industry“With the present market disruptions, options are continuously shifting and changing. Right now the number of carriers to specific areas is going down, not up, that makes our job very interesting,” states Anton Plompen, marketing...Read more
BLRT Repair Yards welcomes the Delphine
BLRT Repair Yards’s Lithuanian yard has welcomed the Roro cargo vessel, the Delphine, which is the largest car carrier vessel they have repaired to date.Read more
Wallenius Sol’s Baltic Enabler christened in Bruges
The world’s largest ice-rated ConRo vessel, the Baltic Enabler, was christened in the PSA Zeebrugge multipurpose terminal in Bruges, Belgium, on Wednesday, 2 November 2022.Read more
Höegh Autoliners buys Höegh St. Petersburg at cut price
Höegh Autoliners, global provider of RoRo transportation services, has purchased the vessel Höegh St. Petersburg well bellow market value. The company pounced on an option under a bareboat charterparty to buy the vessel for $29.3...Read more
PCS 2022: Project cargo on RoRo vessels is not a phase, but a fantastic option
RoRo vessels have traditionally focused mostly on vehicles and cargo on wheels, and during the recent Project Cargo Summit, Sven Jansen, senior sales manager for high & heavy breakbulk at UECC, confirmed this. “85 percent...Read more
Finneco II vessels baptised
The MS Finneco II was baptised by Mrs Elina Haapasaari, representing the Port of Helsinki. This ceremony took place on 20 September 2022, in Vuosaari Harbour. After this third and last baptism, all three new...Read more