Metsä Group and Wagenborg partner on reducing emissions in sea transport
Metsä Group has agreed to cooperate with the Dutch shipping company Royal Wagenborg on reducing the climate impact of maritime transport. The goal the company has set it to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in sea...Read more
Less assembly on site mean transporting project cargo on the limit of technical possibilities
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
Solving the warehousing puzzle as interesting times await ahead
The prevailing economic uncertainties, together with the increased stocks the companies have built up over the Covid-19 period are creating scarcity on the warehousing market. All of this will make for interesting times in 2023....Read more
cargo-partner opens new storage facility in Turkey
Cargo-partner’s new storage facility in Istanbul, Turkey is planned to be operational from January 2023 onwards.Read more
Rail-shortsea connection upgraded in two Rotterdam terminals
The connection between Rail Service Center Rotterdam (RSC) and Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) has been upgraded, in collaboration with Samskip.Read more
Floating offshore wind ambitions write cheques supply chains can’t yet cash
The European Union (EU) has as a target, to reach 300 GW of offshore wind energy by 2050, in its Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy. Developing floating offshore wind farms (FOWF) increases the potential surface...Read more
Pacifica Shipping introduces a second vessel for New Zealand coastal shipping
Pacifica recently announced the introduction of a new vessel, for domestic coastal shipping service. Adding an additional 1,300 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of capacity per week, It is expected to be operational by September.Read more
Official launch of the Allseas Shipping Company
Following the success of the China Xpress service, Allseas Global Logistics has officially launched its new shipping line. The Allseas Shipping Company is the first British registered shipping line in 40 years. It specialises in...Read more
Rethinking the supply chain: Ahlers projects & machinery unit is fit for the shift
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
Critical Metals and the Port of Rauanheimo partner for bulk operations
The Australian Critical Metals group has chosen the Finnish port operator Rauanheimo, to handle bulk material flows related to their vanadium recovery project, a joint-venture with Neometals. Read more
Siemens Energy’s project logistics unscathed by Covid
Project logistics division of Siemens Energy has been able to take advantage of the current market situation and come out pretty much unscathed, leveraging its partnership agreements put in place before the pandemic hit. The...Read more
Bigger monopiles pose major challenge for Sif
Offshore windThe demand for ever-larger wind turbines and, consequently, for sturdier foundations is a major headache for foundation specialist Sif. In its trading update for the first quarter, the company reported that it has started an...Read more
Ships are queueing through the Suez Canal
ShippingA day after Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage pulled the container ship Ever Given free, enormous container ships and tankers are once again sailing in large convoys through the Suez Canal in both directions. The Ever...Read more
Liebherr statisfied with modal shift for mining equipment
Modal shiftPRESS RELEASE – Liebherr is very satisfied with the results of a modal shift trial in which mining equipment is transported to major seaports by barge instead of trucks. After three months of testing, the...Read more