August 24 - Ruslan International has moved a 60-tonne steam superheater along with 4.8 tonnes of accessories from Austria to Saudi Arabia.
The cargo was driven 450 km overland to Linz, before being loaded onto one of Ruslan's 17-strong fleet of AN124-100 aircraft and flown to Dammam in partnership with Panalpina.
The journey required special permits due to the superheater's width of 6.2 m. Barriers, fences and a gate had to be removed so that the load could enter the airfield.
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.
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.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
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.
