February 12 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the shipment of a 45-tonne oversize drum from Faridabad, India to Kirkuk in Iraq.
The cargo, which had the dimensions 14.5 m x 4.3 m x 4.8 m, was shipped on board FLS' own heavy-duty flatrack container from India to Iraq.
As part of the project, FLS explained that it was required to obtain special permits from the loading and unloading ports, as well as coordinate levy exemption formalities from the Iraqi authorities.
South Africa-headquartered Vanguard has completed transport of at 50 m-long, 171-tonne cold box from the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia to a copper mine in Solwezi, Zambia.
Total Movements International has successfully coordinated transport of the massive 60 MW barge-mounted power plant, Nusantara II, from Surabaya, East Java, to Kolaka, southeast Sulawesi.
General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston’s multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.
Portugal’s Laso Transportes will open a new complex worth EUR10 million (USD10.5 million) next year in the Basque Country, Spain.
UK-based Tugdock has been awarded a ‘Statement of Feasibility’ from DNV for its Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP).
Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, will build and install Ostwind 4 – a 2 GW offshore wind grid connection in Germany.
