February 15 - Europatrans has delivered eight military tanks, weighing 65 tonnes each, from Eksjö in Sweden to Kiel, Germany.
The armoured repair and recovery vehicles will be refurbished in Kiel and subsequently transported back to the Swedish engineering battalion in Småland using the ten-axle low loaders that carried the eight tanks to Germany.
In May 2015, Germany's EMS-Fehn-Group acquired a 70 percent stake in Lubeck based Europatrans.
Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to marshal wind turbine foundations for two of Europe’s biggest offshore wind farm projects: RWE’s Nordseecluster A (Germany) and Thor (Denmark).
The port of Taranto, Italy, granted wind turbine OEM Vestas a nine-year licence to use the Taranto port platform.
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) played an instrumental role in the delivery of the European Southern Observatory ELT M5 mirror cell, which will be part of a gigantic observatory in South America.
AAL Shipping held a formal naming ceremony for its fourth newbuild Super B-class vessel, AAL Antwerp.
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.
