March 9 - United Ocean Lines' (UOL) agent and network partner in the UAE, Carriers Mercantile and Marine, has shipped four 41.4-tonne columns from Mumbai, India to the UAE for the Fujairah crude oil refinery project.
Carriers Mercantile and Marine was responsible for the door-to-door delivery of the four crude oil columns from their manufacturing facility to the Fujairah job site. The oversize units were shipped on board the multipurpose ship Charelle II.
UOL is operated by Naxco Group France.
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.
