Boskalis delivers Fremantle Highway to China for repairs

Boskalis delivers Fremantle Highway to China for repairs

3 January 2025By

Heavy lift shipping specialist Boskalis has delivered the car carrier Fremantle Highway – renamed Floor – from the Netherlands to China using its semi-submersible vessel, Boka Vanguard.

DeSantis expands fleet with LTM 1160-5.2

DeSantis expands fleet with LTM 1160-5.2

3 January 2025By

Canada’s DeSantis Crane Service has added a Liebherr LTM 1160-5.2 to its fleet, with the crane service provider intending to use the 180-tonne crane principally for lifting assembled concrete parts and air conditioning systems.

Havfram orders components from Huisman for wind turbine installation vessels

Havfram orders components from Huisman for wind turbine installation vessels

3 January 2025By

Netherlands-based Huisman has received an order for the delivery of a Travelling Load Stabilising System, which will be integrated into both of Havfram’s leg encircling cranes that exceed 3,000 tonnes – its NG-20000X-HF wind turbine installation vessels.

BOCS ships brewery tanks from Belgium to Gabon

BOCS ships brewery tanks from Belgium to Gabon

3 January 2025By

Multipurpose specialists Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (BOCS) has shipped brewery tanks from Belgium to Gabon.

Grove GMK6450-1 pivotal to Tatuapé Cranes’ recent work 1

Grove GMK6450-1 pivotal to Tatuapé Cranes’ recent work

2 January 2025By

Brazil’s Tatuapé Cranes has been using Manitowoc’s Grove GMK6450-1 crane on some of its key projects.

UHL delivers material handlers from Finland to Vietnam

UHL delivers material handlers from Finland to Vietnam

2 January 2025By

United Heavy Lift (UHL) has delivered two Mantsinen 300ES material handlers from Rauma, Finland to Dung Quat, Vietnam.

Jan De Nul to install subsea export cables off Southern Brittany coast

Jan De Nul to install subsea export cables off Southern Brittany coast

2 January 2025By

Offshore marine contractor Jan De Nul, alongside Greece’s Hellenic Cables, will install subsea export cables to connect two future floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, France.

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DNV publishes competence standards for recommended practice for methanol and ammonia fuel use

2 January 2025By

DNV has released a competence standard (ST) for methanol and a recommended practice (RP) for ammonia, to enable crew and shipowners to tackle the safety risks and challenges posed by the introduction of new alternative fuels and technologies.

SGL bolsters portfolio in Canada with acquisition of ITN

SGL bolsters portfolio in Canada with acquisition of ITN

1 January 2025By

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has added ITN Logistics Group (ITN), a privately owned Canadian freight forwarder, to its portfolio.

Liebherr breaks ground at Mississippi logistics centre 1

Liebherr breaks ground at Mississippi logistics centre

1 January 2025By

Liebherr has broken ground at its new logistics centre in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. Liebherr-Logistics is the in-house logistics services provider of Liebherr Group, serving more than 70 Liebherr sales and service companies around the world.

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