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Your Newsletter For Heavylift, Breakbulk & Project Cargo
Your Newsletter For Heavylift, Breakbulk & Project Cargo
Les Alizés Wins First Project for Jan De Nul
Jan De Nul’s crane vessel Les Alizés just won her first assignment. Ørsted Wind Power S/A has awarded Jan de Nul a contract for the transport and installation of 107 monopile foundations and one offshore substation topside at Gode Wind…
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Comparing Battery Technologies
As the world clamours to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets to mitigate climate change and electrify different sectors (especially cars), lithium is fast becoming a hot (pun intended) commodity. A recent outlook by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence mentioned that ‘there isn’t enough capacity within…
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Guess Who’s Back? Breakbulk!
Container shipping has been considered the epitome of the modernisation of seaborne transport for decades, but with port congestions, skyrocketing freight rates and the capacity crunch causing great disruption in supply chains, maritime now seems to be moving closer to…
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UECC'S Fuel for Thought: ETS to Turn Playing Field Green in Europe
UECC is calling for “aggressive” emissions targets to be set by the EU under the proposed move to include shipping in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) that it believes will level the playing field by hugely increasing operating costs for…
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Mammoet Moves Transformers in Texas
Mammoet crews recently received two transformers, weighing in at approximately 159 tonnes each, in Freeport, Texas, for onward transportation via the streets. Once received, the two transformers, 9 m (29 ft.) long, were loaded onto trailers with dollies, which were…
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CEVA Logistics Ships 2,000 Tonnes with SAL
From the Port of Gdansk to the coast of Tanzania, CEVA Logistics transported drilling rig parts weighing 2,000 tonnes. According to Marine Poland, CEVA Logistics loaded the breakbulk cargo at the Port of Gdansk from the Szczecinskie Quay. 154 elements…
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Lack of Newbuilds Accelerates Shortage of Modern Tonnage for MPV
The latest opinion article from Drewry on multipurpose shipping says that newbuild orders for multipurpose ships (MPV), including both breakbulk and project cargo vessels, are not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels this year, in sharp contrast to the competing sectors…
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Saipem Picks Fugro for Offshore Senegal Contract
Fugro has been awarded by Saipem a monitoring contract to support the construction of a liquid natural gas (LNG) jetty for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field offshore Senegal/Mauritania. Beginning in December, Fugro will deploy their InclinoCam® vision technology to install…
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UHT Launches New Semi-Submersible
United Heavy Transport (UHT) has launched its biggest semi-sub vessel of 82,000 DWT to the world. The Guangzhou Salvage vessel called Hua Rui Long has been built at the CMHI yard in China. “We are delighted to inform you that…
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Martin Bencher Moves Transformer to Sweden
Freight Forwarders, Martin Bencher Group, have successfully delivered a complex and challenging transport of a 225 tonne Power Transformer to Sweden. By utilising sliding beams and hydraulic…
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Record-Breaking Reactors Moved in Germany
deugro hits the news again, this time having delivered one of the heaviest heavy loads Germany has seen to date. deugro recently shipped three heavy reactors for…
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Hapag-Lloyd Ships Catamarans between Containers
Hapag-Lloyd recently made some breakbulk shipments onboard their vessel Brussels Express which operates on a Europe to Far East loop. The team loaded a pair of Lagoon…
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