July 11 - Trailer manufacturer Scheuerle, a member to the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, has provided significant transport equipment to deliver vital equipment for Alpha Ventus, Germany's first offshore wind park.
The park is situated 45 km offshore from the island of Borkum in the North Sea. The consignment consisted of twelve sets of rotor blades, loaded at Eemshaven in Groningen, Netherlands. The blades had been transported to the quayside on Scheuerle SPMTs (pictured below).
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.
