November 13 - The world's largest commercially available aircraft - the mighty Antonov AN-225 - visited East Midlands Airport recently.
The aircraft arrived from Canada, before departing empty to its home base of Gostomel in the Ukraine. This was the 4th visit of the aircraft to EMA - with previous visits in November 2005, October 2006 and November 2007.
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) motion compensated gripper frame has been loaded out ahead of installation aboard its heavy lift vessel Thialf.
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.
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.
