November 18 - Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo Transportation has delivered a consignment of Caterpillar pipelayers for the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project in Turkey.
The transport required 21 lowbed trailers for the Caterpillar PL 87 pipelayers, as well as ten standard trucks for associated equipment.
Ekin was responsible for obtaining road permits and organising Customs clearance procedures, as well as all loading and transportation operations.
Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to marshal wind turbine foundations for two of Europe’s biggest offshore wind farm projects: RWE’s Nordseecluster A (Germany) and Thor (Denmark).
Antonov Airlines and First Class Freight (FCF) transported oversized equipment, including an Azipod thruster, from Hong Kong to Houston, USA.
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.
AAL Shipping held a formal naming ceremony for its fourth newbuild Super B-class vessel, AAL Antwerp.
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.
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.
