All Insight articles – Page 3
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NewsProject Cargo Africa: a roadmap to future growth
Raw materials exports, many of which are essential to the global energy transition, underpin many African economies and continue to generate project logistics activity. Turbulence in Europe has benefitted the continent too, writes Megan Ramsay.
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ArticleAfrica’s multipurpose operators face regional challenges
Multipurpose carriers active on Africa’s Eastern and Western seaboards face distinctive challenges, the former having had to adopt a wait-and-see approach relating to delayed LNG projects that will generate large-scale project work, the latter facing significant competition from the container shipping business.
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NewsFast-tracking wind energy in Victoria
Changes to land and planning regulations in Victoria, Australia, aim to speed up the development of renewable energy projects in the state, which intends to have at least 2 GW of offshore wind energy by 2032, increasing to 4 GW by 2035 and 9 GW by 2040.
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NewsMammoet trials 360-degree sensor system for its cranes
Mammoet is working with Rietveld, a specialist in fleet management and vehicle and machine safety systems, on a joint project to protect drivers and road users when mobile cranes are moving and manoeuvring.
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NewsSouth American project logistics markets keeps its feet amid volatility
HLPFI’s last South America project logistics report suggested that 2023 would be a more stable year. That proved to be somewhat over-optimistic – but the community is keeping its feet amid turbulent currents, writes Megan Ramsay.
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NewsHLPFI meets: Eduardo Davila
“Your company is the first thing. It goes before your wife, it goes before your family, because it is so demanding. When your company is calling you, you cannot attend to anything else. At least that has been my way and my family have fortunately understood this.” Eduardo Davila, president of Joaquin Davila & Cie, spoke on his storied journey to Justin Archard.
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ArticleEPC Logistics: The importance of behavioural economics
Miroslav Jakab, Fluor Fellow - logistics, shares the EPC contractor’s views on project logistics and its interaction with behavioural economics in the second of a three-part series.
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ArticleIntroduction to EPC project logistics – part one
Miroslav Jakab, Fluor Fellow - logistics, shares the first in a series of articles detailing the intricacies, nuances and importance of EPC project logistics. The season kicks off with analysis of the environment that governs EPC projects and provides the foundation for subsequent articles that delve deeper into dealing with EPC project logistics.
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ArticleGuyana’s star rises against challenging backdrop
The Caribbean’s project logistics market is proving something of laggard, with an economic slowdown and cost inflation eroding confidence and delaying projects. A revitalised tourism industry should help to shore up government coffers, while the oil and gas sector continues to gather momentum. Ian Putzger reports.
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NewsFull ships or a damp squib? Gauging the multipurpose market
With a promising project pipeline and a supply side that favours the market, the multipurpose shipping segment is in a stable state, despite 2023 landing somewhat flatter than expected.
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NewsFlying high and beefing up capabilities
During 2023, the heavy lift airfreight market continued to grapple with the impacts of the Russian-Ukraine war, as other providers in the sector beefed up their capabilities.
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NewsMergers, acquisitions, and expansions: a year of consolidation
Throughout 2023, the project logistics sector saw some key players expand their footprint to target new markets or reinforce their position. It comes off the back of a largely positive outlook for the market, with several industry verticals set to provide a swathe of work around the globe.
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NewsLooking back on 2023
It’s tricky to summarise the current state of play in the project logistics and heavy lift shipping sectors. Whether the glass is half full, or half empty, is very much situation dependent.
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Article‘France Relance’ and sustainable ambitions drive project logistics activity
Wind energy continues to be the order of the day for France’s project logistics and heavy lift sector. The country’s policy on renewable power sources is driving increasing investment in both projects and supporting infrastructure, with floating offshore wind projects in the spotlight. Megan Ramsay reports.
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ArticleHLPFI meets: Kyriacos Panayides
Justin Archard sits down with Kyriacos Panayides, a ubiquitous presence in the multipurpose and heavy lift shipping business and architect of one of the sector’s success stories, AAL Shipping.
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NewsPD Ports invests in crane simulator
The UK’s PD Ports has invested GBP400,000 (USD485,566) in a crane simulator at Tees Dock that can recreate high-risk scenarios.
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NewsEarly engagement crucial to hydrogen industry growth
While large-scale hydrogen projects are increasingly being planned, there are mixed views about the speed and extent at which hydrogen will create work for the project logistics sector. Phil Hastings reports.
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NewsSurging LNG demand likely to be short-term benefit for project logistics sector
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and subsequent substantial cuts in natural gas exports prompted an immediate surge of international interest in LNG and demand for related new production capacity and import/export facilities. However, that uptick could be a flash in the pan rather than indicative of long-term shift, writes Phil Hastings.
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NewsEnergy transition to squeeze project logistics capacity
Future downstream oil and gas industry investment is likely to be increasingly focused on sectors like hydrogen, biofuels and petrochemical production to support the energy transition, alongside traditional oil refining and liquefied natural gas (LNG) activities. The resultant increase in project logistics and heavy lift demand will put further pressure on logisticians. Phil Hastings reports.
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NewsHarnessing the Baltic’s power potential
Project logistics in the Baltic region is mostly concentrated on local or joint European infrastructure and energy projects – with self-sufficiency top of the agenda, writes Megan Ramsay.