GT USA Wilmington has taken delivery of three fully electric 45-ton (40.8-tonne) reachstackers from Konecranes.
The delivery is part of an order that also includes nine 41-ton (37.2-tonne) capacity rubber-tyred gantry cranes. The units will be delivered during 2019 and 2020, in line with GT USA’s plans to modernise and improve its infrastructure in Wilmington.
USD500 million is being invested to modernise the port and develop a new container terminal at Edgemoor.
Project freight forwarder Fracht Group has transported seven transformers, weighing 340 tons (308.4 tonnes) each, from İzmir, Türkiye, to Medicine Bow in Wyoming, USA.
At the end of September, Bergé Maritime received a Liebherr LHM 550 crane as part of a plan to upgrade the port of Tarragona, Spain.
Mammoet’s SK6000 has passed its test programme after Lloyd’s Register certified the crane’s safe operation to its specification.
The carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) sector is on the radar of many project logisticians and multipurpose carriers. This nascent market is facing headwinds, however, with many CCUS projects deemed too expensive to work on a commercial basis. Still, some firms are pressing ahead, despite technical and financial pressures.
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) said that negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, opening up the possibility of more industrial action at US ports.
Silk Way Group will develop a new airport and cargo village in the Alat Free Economic Zone, Azerbaijan.
