All articles by Sophie Barnes – Page 115
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NewsProject market clouded by slowing trade
Rates will improve in the multipurpose and heavy lift shipping sector through 2019 fuelled by rising volumes of project cargo traffic, but prospects thereafter are muted by an anticipated slowdown in world trade.
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NewsBahri eyes APAC market
International logistics and shipping company Bahri has launched a corporate strategy that aims to bolster its position in the Asia Pacific (APAC) maritime sector.
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NewsFIATA searches for director general
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is seeking a new director general to succeed Hans Guenther Kersten.
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NewsWTS design approved
Classification society DNV GL awarded China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with an approval in principle (AiP) certificate for its wind turbine shuttle (WTS) concept.
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NewsRhenus buys Freight Logistics
Rhenus Group has acquired Miami-based international forwarder Freight Logistics.
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NewsReview your charter parties ahead of sulphur 2020 cap
North P&I has highlighted a number of contract issues that its members should be aware of when the 0.5 percent sulphur cap comes into effect.
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NewsOpportunities in emerging markets
The logistics industry forecasts that emerging markets will grow at a healthy rate of 5 percent in 2019 but many executives are bracing for a crisis, according to Agility’s emerging market index.
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NewsConceptum names Kellet
Conceptum Logistics has appointed Rachel Kellet as route development director - China and India.
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NewsALE completes test run
UK-headquartered heavy lift and transport engineering provider ALE has lifted three huge modules at a project in Texas, USA, using its AL.SK350 crane.
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NewsPCN members on the move
Turk Heavy Transport, a member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN), has handled the delivery of a steel structure for the Alba Power Station 5 project in Bahrain.
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NewsJJ Curran completes tandem lift with Grove
Crane rental and lifting service provider JJ Curran has utilised Grove GMK6300L and GMK6400 all-terrain cranes to lift a 116.5-ton (115.4-tonne) gas scrubber in Michigan, USA.
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NewsNew sales manager at Hovago
Hovago Cranes has appointed Tiemen Reitsma as the company’s international sales manager.
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NewsGrimaldi picks Telespazio for communications upgrade
The Grimaldi Group has signed two contracts with Telespazio for the upgrade of its satellite communications systemson its fleet of cargo and passenger vessels.
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NewsRegistration opens for AntwerpXL
Registration for the AntwerpXL exhibition, which takes place between May 7-9, 2019, has officially opened.
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NewsMiddle East to ramp up energy investments
Rystad Energy said that up to USD240 billion of greenfield oil and gas investments could be sanctioned in 2019, with almost 25 percent of this coming from the Middle East region.
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NewsIt’s a steel … on both sides of the Atlantic
While the US port of Wilmington was welcoming its first load of SSAB/Swedish steel for the 2018-19 winter season, UK logistics specialist AV Dawson secured a three-year extension to support British Steel’s steel rolling operations at two sites.
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NewsWWPC members team up for crane shipment
Platetrade and Jiangsu Sunshine International Logistics have teamed up to transport a dismantled crawler crane and two extendable trailers from China to Argentina.
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NewsNola partners with Ports America
Ports America has signed a 50-year lease with the port of New Orleans to continue to operate the port's Napoleon Avenue and Nashville Avenue Terminals.
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NewsMSC revises Asia, Europe services
Effective March 2019, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is planning significant revisions to its ocean network to better serve shippers moving cargo between Asia and Europe.
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NewsChanges at the top for Zeaborn Ship Management
Effective January 1, 2019, Holger Strack, former co-ceo, will step up as ceo of Zeaborn Ship Management, following Nils Aden's decision to leave the company in the new year.