AAL moves generators for Siemens
ShippingPRESS 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
Project logisticsPRESS 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
Offshore windPRESS 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
Heavy haulagePRESS 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
Boskalis buys Ardent Americas to expand US salvage business
SalvagePRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired maritime emergency response specialist Ardent Americas to expand its presence in the US salvage market. Ardent Americas acts under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90) for the provision of...Read more
OPEC+ agrees on record production cut
Oil & GasOPEC and its allies have agreed to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day starting May 1st. The record cut is aimed at stabilizing the oil price which has dropped dramatically due to...Read more
Oil prices jump 20% after Trump tweets about production cuts
Oil priceOil prices have jumped by over 20% to USD 31,62 (Brent) after Saudi Arabia called for an emergency of OPEC and its allies including Russia and President Donald Trump tweeted about possible production cuts of...Read more
Geodis creates air and rail services for urgent shipments
Freight forwardingPRESS RELEASE – Geodis has established a number of air charter services to assist cargo owners with urgent shipments between China, Europa and the United States during the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. Rail alternatives are also...Read more
Roll-Lift and ATCO deliver engines in Aruba for Martin Bencher Group
Road transportPRESS RELEASE – Roll-Lift USA and ATCO have moved six Wärtsilä engines in Aruba for freight forwarder Martin Bencher group. Martin Bencher Group arranged the overall planning and shipping of the engines from the USA to...Read more
Demand growth for multipurpose shipping wiped out by coronavirus
There’s little chance left that multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels will see any demand growth this year following the outbreak of the coronavirus. “Any anticipated recovery will not be sufficient to offset contractions of the first...Read more
DSV opens cargo air bridge between US and China
AirfreightPRESS RELEASE – DSV has opened a new air cargo service between Shanghai and Huntsville, Alabama in response to the decrease in the daily airfreight capacity as a result of the coronavirus. Due to the...Read more
US wind market drives project cargo growth in Duluth
Wind energyPRESS RELEASE – A rise in project cargo pushed the total cargo volume in the Port of Duluth to 33.5 million tonnes in 2019. Thanks to a growing US wind industry, the handling of project...Read more
Intermarine reopens for business with three Americas services
Intermarine has reopened its doors for business launching three services covering the US Gulf, the Caribbean and South America. Intermarine disappeared as a brand following a merger with Zeaborn to form Zeamarine in 2018. The...Read more
United O7 readying to open US office in Houston
US MarketUnited O7, the joint venture of United Heavy Lift and Ocean7 Projects, is readying to open a new joint office in Houston. “We are slowly moving forward and finding customers for our ships”, says managing...Read more
Ørsted establishes offshore base in Portsmouth, Virginia
Offshore windPRESS RELEASE – Ørsted has signed an agreement to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, US. The firm will use the terminal for its work on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Windfarm...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 more
Siemens Gamesa set for giga growth in US with major contract
Offshore windSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the massive 2,64 GW Dominion Energy Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA, the largest offshore wind power project in the...Read more
Allseas CEO: “Stopping Nordstream 2 hurts our honour”
Oil&GasIn a rare interview, Allseas CEO Edward Heerema said stopping Nordstream 2 was first and foremost damaging to the company’s sense of honour. “It’s a disappointment, we really wanted to take credit for it”, he...Read more