May 29 - Reports in the international media state China's Jiangsu Hongqiang Marine Heavy Industry has signed a deal with an unspecified German company for four 12,500 dwt multipurpose heavy lift vessels.
Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2013 with a delivery dates pencilled in for the first half of 2015. Each vessel will cost USD18.5 million.
Freight forwarder AsstrA Associated Traffic has coordinated the delivery of OBSL modules for Ineos Project One – the first of up to 100 modules that it expects to move for the project.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
Ares Group has coordinated the delivery of a 167-tonne transformer from Melbourne, Victoria, to Stanwell, Queensland using a new M500 platform module from Kennedy Trailers.
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
The 15th edition of the One World Market Sentiment Index for the multipurpose and breakbulk shipping market showed a modest increase to a level of in 54.6 in Q4 2024 (54.3 in Q3 2024)
The port of Philadelphia has been awarded USD79.7 million from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Ports Program, whilst the port of Vancouver USA has received USD22.5 million from the organisation. The funds have been earmarked to support climate and air quality initiatives zero-emission port equipment purchases.
