January 8 - The keel laying ceremony has taken place for the first of two United European Car Carriers (UECC) pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) at the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China.
The newbuilding, to be named Auto ECO, is part of a contract signed for two dual-fuel LNG PCTCs with 1A Super Finnish/Swedish ice class.
Auto ECO is scheduled for launch in mid April 2016, with delivery to UECC expected by the end of September 2016.
The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has named two new board members.
The Aguado Group, based in Spain, has taken delivery of a Liebherr LR 1700-1.0W narrow-track crawler crane.
Singapore-based Swire Projects has shipped four complete wind turbine sets from Dafeng, China, to Vung An, Vietnam, for the Hai Anh wind power project.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a second Briese Heavylift vessel from Australian waters.
DP World has won the latest in a string of court rulings, as it defends its rights as shareholder and concessionaire in Djibouti’s Doraleh Containe
The White House has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that could have cost the USA’s economy up to USD2 billion per day.
