BigLift retires Happy Buccaneer after 40 years of service

‘Grand Old Lady’ retires after 40 years of service

2024-10-17T11:04:00+01:00By

BigLift Shipping has retired the iconic Happy Buccaneer heavy transport vessel after 40 years of service.

FLS Projects transports tunnel drilling machine from Singapore to Thailand

FLS Projects transports TBM from Singapore to Thailand

2024-10-17T09:12:00+01:00By

FLS Projects has transported a 286-tonne tunnel boring machine from Jurong Port in Singapore to Rayong, Thailand.

Bennett opens terminal in Dayton, Texas

Bennett opens terminal in Dayton, Texas

2024-10-17T09:08:00+01:00By

Bennett Family of Companies (Bennett) has opened its latest location in Dayton, Texas. The facility houses Bennett On-Site Services, BOSS Heavy Haul, DBA BOSS and Bennett Motor Express.

Sigüenza steps up as managing director of Erhardt Projects in USA

Sigüenza appointed managing director of Erhardt Projects in USA

2024-10-17T08:46:00+01:00By

Erhardt Projects has appointed Alberto Rodríguez Sigüenza as managing director of its USA operations.

VCT erects two MHCs on Panay Island 1

Visayas Container Terminal gets MHCs from Konecranes

2024-10-17T07:30:00+01:00By

Visayas Container Terminal (VCT) has erected two new mobile harbour cranes at Panay Island, the Philippines.

Combi Lift transports components from India to Algeria

Combi Lift completes scope at Algerian project

2024-10-16T13:49:00+01:00By

Combi Lift has completed its role at a project in Algeria. Its scope involved transporting crucial components, including heat exchangers from India, as well as debutanisers and de-ethanisers from Oman, across challenging routes.

Manitowoc to upgrade Grove GMK6400-1 to GMK6450-1

Grove GMK6400-1 all-terrain unit upgraded

2024-10-16T10:25:00+01:00By

Manitowoc will upgrade its Grove GMK6400-1 all-terrain crane, increasing its maximum capacity rating to 450 tonnes.

Shipping Days 2024

Shipping Days returning to La Rochelle in 2025

2024-10-16T10:00:00+01:00By

The Shipping Days conference and exhibition will take place for a third time in La Rochelle, France, on April 16-17, 2025.

EDF Hinkley

Big Carl lifts final linker ring into place for Hinkley Point C

2024-10-16T10:00:00+01:00By

The third and final liner ring has been lifted into at Hinkley Point C’s second nuclear reactor building in Somerset, the UK.

Steen Lund, CEO, RightShip (2)

​RightShip lowers age trigger for vessel inspections

2024-10-16T10:00:00+01:00By

Digital maritime safety platform RightShip has lowered its inspection age trigger in response to evolving market conditions and continuing safety risks in the dry bulk and general cargo sectors.

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