January 5 - Dubai based Fleet Line Shipping has handled two skids, measuring 14 m x 10 m x 10 m and weighing 95 tons (86.1 tonnes) each, at Hamriya port in Sharjah, UAE.
FLS was required to unload the skids from a supply vessel using a 500-ton (453.5-tonne) capacity mobile crane. The company was also responsible for the transportation of the skids on a ten-axle hydraulic trailer to a storage area.
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.
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.
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.
