May 23 - MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) is enhancing its African Coastal Service by adding a regular call at Beira in Mozambique.
This twice-monthly service between Durban and Maputo, which is served by the 5,150 dwt Black Rhino, also calls at Beira, Nacala and Pemba, as well as other ports in East Africa on inducement.
The shipping line says that the service is geared up to ship containerised and out-of-gauge project cargoes, as well as vehicles.
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.
General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston’s multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.
Catherine James, founder and ceo of Dixie Cullen Interests (DCI), will step away from her day-to-day activities in February 2025.
Portugal’s Laso Transportes will open a new complex worth EUR10 million (USD10.5 million) next year in the Basque Country, Spain.
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.
