Universal Africa Lines (UAL) will introduce a direct liner service connecting Europe with the Caribbean and the north coast of South America.
The liner service will call at ports in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, with scheduled loading in Belgium and the UK.
Two multipurpose vessels will be deployed on the service. Each vessel is equipped with two 60-tonne lifting capacity cranes, which can lift up to 120 tonnes in tandem.
Bouke Laan will take over from Thomas Malecki as managing director of a. hartrodt nederland, commencing January 1, 2025.
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.
Thomas Thune Andersen has been elected to Cadeler’s board of directors.
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.
