March 4 - Antwerp based Rollit Cargo has handled a 6MW offshore wind turbine for its clients Rhenus/Wirtz Shipping, set for the Belwind North Sea Project.
Using 32 (2 x 16) axle lines, Rollit Cargo executed the ro-ro loadout of a 420-tonne nacelle and tower sections each weighing 200 tonnes at the port of Oostende.
Rollit Cargo also used its own heavy cranes to lift piles (119-tonne) and 74 m blades (33-tonne).
Images of the heavy lift and transport can be seen 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.
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has delivered a Liebherr LPS 550 rail-mounted portal crane to Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) aboard its UHL Fable.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
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.
