Shipping
Meriaura acquires new tonnage in 3,000-tonne range
PRESS RELEASE – VG-Shipping, a shipping company belonging to the Meriaura Group, has purchased a 3,000 dwt dry cargo vessel. The 86-metre long, ice-classed vessel…
Shipping
UHL partnered with Kurt Zech to acquire new F900 vessels
United Heavy Lift’s eight new F900 Ecolift vessels have been financed by the Gustav Zech Fund of Bremen entrepreneur Kurt Zech, who was also the…
Shipping
UHL expands fleet with eight new heavy-lift vessels
United Heavy Lift has taken delivery of the first of eight newly built F900 heavy-lift vessels, the MV UHL Faith. With the investment, the German…
Shipping
dship Carriers launches new multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie
dship Carriers is expecting a new vessel, the F-500 type multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie. The vessel has just been launched at the yard and is…
Barges
Osprey takes early delivery of new heavy transport barges
PRESS RELEASE – Osprey is expecting its new barges to join the fleet soon as they are ready several months ahead of schedule. The two…
Spliethoff adds sixth P14-type vessel to its fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Spliethoff has acquired an additional P14-type vessel. The vessel is renamed Plantijngracht (former name: ‘St. Pauli’) and reflagged to the Dutch register.…
Offshore wind
Swire Blue Ocean becomes Cadeler and goes public
Swire Pacific Offshore plans to list its subsidiary Swire Blue Ocean on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company will also undergo a thorough rebranding process…
Project logistics
Osprey expands fleet of heavy load barges
PRESS RELEASE – Osprey has purchased two new flat-top barges to support specialist logistics operations in France, Morocco and the Eastern Mediterranean. The new barges…
Heavy-lifting
Sarens plans to expand in Ukraine
PRESS RELEASE – Sarens is planning to expand in Ukraine by increasing the number of available cranes in the country’s fleet by the end of…
Multipurpose shipping
Nirint Shipping adds two multipurpose vessels to its fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Dutch shipping company Nirint Shipping has expanded its fleet with two 17,000 dwt multipurpose vessels, the Augusta Luna and Augusta Star. They…
Fleet expansion
UHL confirms takeover of 11 Zeamarine vessels
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has taken over a total of 11 vessels from financially distressed Zeamarine. The German shipping company will take over nine new…
Fleet expansion
Roll Group expands fleet with module carrier
PRESS RELEASE – After the extension of their land activities into Asia in 2019, Roll Group starts 2020 in a similar manner with the addition…
SAL Heavy Lift expands fleet with three large vessels
SAL Heavy Lift will buy three “large ladies” capable of lifting 800 tonnes from Heino Winter Group. The vessels will join SAL’s global semi-liner service…
Shortsea
Wilson acquires new tonnage from Arklow and Carisbrooke
Shortsea shipping specialist Wilson has acquired two vessels from Arklow Shipping to further expand its fleet. The purchase follows hot on the heels of an…
Fleet expansion
Spliethoff orders new transport and installation vessels
PRESS RELEASE – Spliethoff has recently signed a contract with Mawei Shipyard for the newbuild of two DP2- B-type vessels. The versatile characteristics of Spliethoff’s…
Ro/ro
CLdN grows fleet by 70% with six more vessels yet to come
PRESS RELEASE – With the arrival of the MV Hermine (5400 lane meter), CLdN has welcomed the sixth new vessel since the new build strategy…
Multipurpose shipping
AAL grows capacity by 22%
AAL Shipping has added four large multipurpose vessels to its fleet to enhance the company’s service offerings between Asia and Australia, the Middle East, Europe…
Offshore wind
Jan de Nul prepares for bigger turbines with new vessel
Jan De Nul Group has ordered its third jack-up installation vessel, the Voltaire, at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry in China. According to the Belgian offshore…
Fleet expansion
Spliethoff buys another six Hansa Heavy vessels
Dutch ship owner Spliethoff has confirmed it has bought another five vessels of bankrupt Hansa Heavy Lift, with the purchase of a sixth vessel expected…
Offshore wind
Fred. Olsen charters jack-up vessel Jill
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed a long term time charter with Falcon Global for their jack-up vessel Jill. The jack-up vessel will be an integrated…