BigLift Shipping has delivered six rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMG) to the port of Virginia's Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), using its heavy lift vessel Happy Buccaneer.
The shipment forms part of the port’s USD375 million expansion project at the terminal that will include the delivery of 60 new cranes.
Once the RMG cranes are offloaded they will be mounted on rails, tested and put into service by the end of September 2018.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
Trailer manufacturer Faymonville has selected a site in Little Rock, Arkansas for its first USA production facility.
Freight forwarder AsstrA Associated Traffic has coordinated the delivery of OBSL modules for Ineos Project One – the first of up to 100 modules that it expects to move for the project.
Ares Group has coordinated the delivery of a 167-tonne transformer from Melbourne, Victoria, to Stanwell, Queensland using a new M500 platform module from Kennedy Trailers.
Mammoet was contracted by Damen Shiprepair to assist with a jack-up leg repair for the Noble Regina Allen drill rig.
