ABP and SPR partner for Lowestoft wind operations

ABP and SPR partner for Lowestoft wind operations

2025-12-18T09:13:00+00:00By

Associated British Ports (ABP) has signed a long-term partnership with ScottishPower Renewables to support operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for the East Anglia TWO and THREE offshore wind farms from the port of Lowestoft.

22-metre eSAIL® installed on Fluvius Tavy (Source- bound4blue)

eSAIL fitted aboard Fluvius Tavy in Santander

2025-12-18T08:01:00+00:00By

bound4blue and Amasus Shipping have completed the installation of a 22 m suction sail on the general cargo vessel Fluvius Tavy at Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain.

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COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers boosts Middle East presence

2025-12-18T08:00:00+00:00By Sophie Barnes

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers, together with COSCO Shipping (West Asia), has signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi Ports Services & Storage (PSS) to strengthen its presence in the Middle East.

ESTA Europe

ESTA plots next steps following safety survey findings

2025-12-18T07:59:00+00:00By

Recent findings from a Europe-wide safety survey by ESTA have prompted the association to establish two dedicated working groups focused on structured incident reporting and the development of common safety standards across the abnormal transport and mobile crane sector.

AAL delivers chemical plant components from Thailand to Australia 1

AAL delivers chemical plant components from Thailand to Australia

2025-12-17T09:15:00+00:00By

Multipurpose carrier AAL Shipping has devised a tailor-made heavy lift transport solution for a key shipment of chemical plant components from Sattahip, Thailand to Dampier, Australia, aboard one of its S-class vessels.

Krey Schiffahrt said that four of its newbuild heavy lift vessels will come equipped with Inmarsat’s NexusWave

​Krey Schiffahrt opts for NexusWave monitoring

2025-12-17T09:15:00+00:00By

Four of Krey Schiffahrt’s newbuild heavy lift vessels will come equipped with Inmarsat’s NexusWave, helping to ensure that performance monitoring and energy management systems remain connected wherever the vessels operate. 

SafeLifting

Safe Lifting completes overload test

2025-12-17T09:14:00+00:00By Sophie Barnes

Safe Lifting Europe has performed the overload test on a 1,600-tonne capacity main crane from Liebherr in Rostock, Germany.

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Hareket adds marine services with 330-class barges

2025-12-17T09:01:00+00:00By Sophie Barnes

Turkish heavy lift and transport engineering company Hareket will begin offering marine services with two of its own 330-class barges from February 2026.

DAKO delivers further ship engines to Italian shipyard

DAKO delivers further ship engines to Italian shipyard

2025-12-16T13:43:00+00:00By

Having already transported five ship engines last month, project freight forwarder DAKO Worldwide Transport has followed up by delivering a further four engines from Mannheim, Germany, to a shipyard in northern Italy.

Boa launches Boabarge 39

Boa launches Boabarge 39

2025-12-16T11:28:00+00:00By

Norwegian offshore services provider Boa confirmed the launch of its latest semi-submersible unit, Boabarge 39.

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