July 5 - Pacific International Lines (PIL) has introduced a weekly service from Haropa's Port of Le Havre in France to the South Pacific region.
The service calls in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Guam, Fiji, Hawaii, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, Samoa and the Marshall Islands.
Although mainly a container carrier, PIL provided various solutions for the transport of special cargo and is capable of shipping oversize and overweight project cargo loads on its services.
Portugal’s Laso Transportes will open a new complex worth EUR10 million (USD10.5 million) next year in the Basque Country, Spain.
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.
Following the 2024 Autumn Budget, the UK’s Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has encouraged its members to not slash their investment into training resources when deciding where to make cuts.
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.
General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston’s multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.
