September 28 - ALE Heavylift Iberica has performed the skidding of three 1270 tonne container cranes from the assembly area up to the dockside rails on the Andalucia pier at Tarragona Port, Spain.
The skidded distance for the cranes ranged from 90m to 185m. The cranes have a track gauge of 30.4m and a distance between axles of 17.1m.
In order to skid the cranes, the SS300 skidding system was used with four horizontal cylinders of 42.2 tonnes.
Peel Ports will invest GBP30 million (USD37.7 million) to develop a new ro-ro berth at the port of Sheerness, Kent, UK to meet growing demand from new and existing customers.
Liebherr’s factory in Nenzing, Austria, has been filling all its new machines with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel during assembly, with CO2 neutrality the driving factor for the change.
UK-based heavy transport provider Collett & Sons has opened a new office at its depot in Bradford, UK.
Amasus Shipping has launched its offshore wind ro-ro vessel, Rotra Futura, at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China.
BBC Chartering said that its fifth Lakermax newbuild multipurpose vessel, BBC Santiago, successfully passed sea trials last week.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
