November 1 - A2SEA has been awarded a contract to install 102 wind turbines for the East Anglia ONE wind farm off the coast of Great Yarmouth in the UK.
From summer 2019, A2SEA's purpose-built offshore installation vessel, Sea Challenger, will be deployed to Great Yarmouth to transport and install the Siemens 7 MW turbines.
Owned by ScottishPower Renewables, East Anglia ONE is located around 45 km off the east coast in the southern North Sea and is expected to have a total capacity of 714 MW.
At the end of September, Bergé Maritime received a Liebherr LHM 550 crane as part of a plan to upgrade the port of Tarragona, Spain.
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) said that negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, opening up the possibility of more industrial action at US ports.
RWE has selected Thyborøn port, Denmark, as the offshore construction base for its Thor offshore wind farm.
The carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) sector is on the radar of many project logisticians and multipurpose carriers. This nascent market is facing headwinds, however, with many CCUS projects deemed too expensive to work on a commercial basis. Still, some firms are pressing ahead, despite technical and financial pressures.
Silk Way Group will develop a new airport and cargo village in the Alat Free Economic Zone, Azerbaijan.
A Damen RSD-E achieved a Guinness World Record for the most powerful electric tugboat.
