All News articles – Page 140
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NewsTSC Institute champions ‘winning formula’ for recruitment and retention
HLPFI writes regularly about the challenges facing the project logistics supply chain – be it infrastructure barriers, a lack of capacity, issues with financing and, in the not-so-distant memory, a dearth of projects in various parts of the world. While these problems ebb and flow, one recurring theme in conversations across the sector is the difficulty in finding and retaining talent.
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NewsProtranser in pipe project
Protranser has coordinated the delivery of steel pipes from Taicang, Jiangsu Province (China), to Australia for a mining project.
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NewsExpeditors handles turbine shipment
Freight forwarder Expeditors has coordinated the delivery of a gas turbine rotor from Abu Dhabi to the UK.
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NewsCable basket moves with Mammoet
Heavy transport engineering group Mammoet has loaded in a 1,300-tonne cable basket for transpooling onto an offshore service vessel at Jubail Commercial Port, Saudi Arabia.
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NewsG2 introduces carbon offset programme
Shipping line G2 Ocean has launched a carbon offset programme for its customers, enabling them to digitally offset the emissions of their shipments by choosing to fund one or multiple trusted climate projects.
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NewsHaihua uses MyCrane platform for column installation
Beijing-based Haihua Industry Group utilised MyCrane’s online crane rental platform to source a 400-tonne capacity crawler crane to install three columns at a refinery.
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NewsLeech steps up at Ports America
Ports America has appointed Matthew Leech as president and ceo, effective November 2022.
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NewsSarens installs 21,000-tonne topside
Belgian transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Sarens has utilised eight CS5000 jacking units to move, weigh and jack a 21,000-tonne CPP topside module for the Kasawari gas development project in Johor, Malaysia.
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NewsKoberg to chair outrigger mat task force
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has named Kris Koberg, ceo of DICA, as chairman of its new outrigger mat resource task force, which is part of the safety education and training committee.
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NewsHAL Boskalis bid moves forward
HAL has increased its takeover offer for Boskalis to EUR33 (USD33) per share – up from EUR32.
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NewsDundee chosen for Inch Cape offshore wind farm
The port of Dundee has been selected as the pre-assembly and marshalling site for the construction of the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm, which will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind project when commissioned later this decade.
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NewsBertling handles subsea structures
Bertling Logistics transported subsea structures, including eight heavy lift units weighing up to 150 tonnes and a suction pile measuring 23 m high, from Marina di Carrara, Italy, to Lobito, Angola.
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NewsStevie joins dship Carriers fleet
dship Carriers has added the 12,652 dwt multipurpose vessel Stevie to its roster.
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NewsSavosolar ties up with VG-Shipping
VG-Shipping has signed a conditional share exchange agreement with solar thermal energy developer Savosolar to sell marine logistics company Meriaura along with VG EcoFuel. VG-Shipping will become majority shareholder in Savosolar.
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NewsGerman railfreight gets priority over passenger services
Germany’s freight transport infrastructure is beginning to be affected by the country’s economic and energy crisis, with the transport ministry giving Deutsche Bahn freight trains priority over passenger services.
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NewsOsprey adds barge duo
Transport engineering specialist Osprey has added two barges to its fleet – Osprey Isobel Rose and Osprey Aurora Maya.
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NewsATB completes oil and gas deliveries
ATB Riva Calzoni has delivered two reactors and a high-pressure separator drum for the Assiut refinery complex in Egypt.
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NewsLady Menna delivered
Wijnne Barends has taken delivery of the third in a series of four newbuild vessels from a yard in China – Lady Menna.
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NewsAgreement reached for German port workers
In the 10th round of negotiations, trade union Ver.di and ZDS (the association of German sea port operators) reached an agreement, ending fears of further strike action. The same cannot be said for the port of Felixstowe in the UK, where strike action has the potential to escalate.
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NewsAnother milestone at Hinkley Point C
Offshore installation vessels Gulliver and Rambiz have installed the last of six head structures at the bottom of the Bristol Channel.