AAL establishes monthly service between Asia and US
Capitalising on the frequency of sailings between Asia and the Americas in the past 12 months, AAL Shipping has decided to establish a monthly tramp service to strengthen the trade lane going forward into 2021....Read more
Biden’s “buy American” programme will see Jones Act tightened
American president Joe Biden will further tighten the Jones Act, which protects the American maritime sector from foreign competition. He said this while announcing a “buy American” program, which aims to keep government spending domestically...Read more
UHL expands fleet with eight new heavy-lift vessels
United Heavy Lift has taken delivery of the first of eight newly built F900 heavy-lift vessels, the MV UHL Faith. With the investment, the German project carrier wants to contribute to eco-friendly shipping and further...Read more
Crowley sets up new division to focus on offshore wind
US-based Crowley Shipping has formed a New Energy division to focus on the emerging offshore wind and LNG energy sectors in the United States. Within offshore wind, the company aims to become “a total lifecycle...Read more
Jumbo sets heavy lift record in port of New Orleans
Jumbo’s heavy-lift vessel Fairpartner has set a new lift record in the port of New Orleans while unloading two hydrocracking reactors for an oil major. Read more
USD 600 million to build first Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessel
Dominion Energy has contracted Keppel Offshore & Marine to build the first Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. It will cost about USD 600 million and will be built at Keppel’s yard in Brownsville,...Read more
Geodis extends airfreight services between Europe and USA
PRESS 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
US extends Jones Act to cover offshore wind industry
The United States House of Representatives has adopted new legislation that extends the Jones Act to also cover offshore wind-related activities. This means that all transports between a US port to a point within 200...Read more
Chipolbrok and Crane Worldwide create new door-to-door heavy-lift service
Crane Worldwide Logistics in Japan and Chipolbrok are joining forces to create a door-to-door heavy-lift service for clients shipping cargo between Europe, the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Middle East, Asia and the Americas.Read more
Dominion orders Huisman crane for first Jones Act installation vessel
Dominion Energy has selected Huisman Equipment to fabricate the crane for the United States’ first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. Huisman joins a consortium of offshore wind industry leaders to build the vessel,...Read more
Sif scraps Vinyard offshore wind farm from order book
Dutch Sif Group has definitively cancelled the order for the delivery of the foundations for the first large American offshore wind farm, Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts.Read more
DSV and BBC sued for USD 97 million for using confiscated port in Cuba
American Sugar is suing Goldwind, DSV Panalpina and BBC Chartering under a controversial law for using its confiscated port in Cuba. The sugar trader demands USD 97 million in damages, the exact amount the port...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen ships 39-metre long drag conveyor for Intrame
PRESS RELEASE – Wallenius Wilhelmsen has transported a 39-metre long drag conveyor across the Atlantic for Spanish manufacturer Intrame. Together with other parts of a dismantled asphalt plant, the cargo was transported over sea from...Read more
Maersk ships millions of masks to North America… by air
Maersk Special Project Logistics (SPL) has shipped 53.3 million N95 facial masks from Asia to North America between April and May. Not wit its container vessels, but by air, using multiple full Boeing 747-400F and...Read more
AAL moves generators for Siemens
PRESS RELEASE – AAL Shipping ahs transported two 350-tonne Siemens generators for gas-fired power plants in Europe and Iraq. The units were built at Siemens energy hub in North Carolina in the US. Read more
Dachser Peru moves locomotives from Houston to Lima
PRESS RELEASE – Dachser Peru has delivered two locomotives to a major railroad customer in Peru. Weighing over 180 tons each, the units were initially received at the Port of Houston and then delivered to...Read more
Roll Group assists Jan De Nul with first US offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Roll Group is assisting Jan De Nul with the construction of its first offshore wind project in the US, the 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind. For Dominion Energy, this is a...Read more
Barnhart spreads 362-tonne column across two bridges
PRESS RELEASE – Barnhart has moved a 60-metre long column weighing 362 tonnes from Freeport to a fracking unit at a refinery in Texas. The column was so large that the company had to use...Read more