Manuport Logistics acquires Dynasty Shipping Europe
Manuport Logistics (MPL) has expanded its presence at one of Europe’s major project cargo and breakbulk hubs, Rotterdam, with the acquisition of Dynasty Shipping Europe.…
Dutch heavy lift specialists seek growth through merger
Two Rotterdam-based heavy lift specialists HEBO Maritiem Service and Bonn & Mees Floating Sheerlegs have decided to jointly seek growth through a merger. The collaboration…
Inside Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit (video)
Installing and removing jackets and topsides from offshore platforms, laying pipelines, and housing over 500 crew members… Allseas’ impressive Pioneering Spirit does it all. The…
Multi-fuel future: a shared responsibility
In the midst of the energy crisis, questions surrounding the fuel mix that will power the transportation industry in future, while also meeting European Union…
CargoCrew International ships 52 ton engine to China
The Hamburg-based company, CargoCrew International, handled a shipment of a 52-ton ship engine from Germany to China.
Sif Group manufacturing 70 monopiles for Hollandse Kust Noord OWF
The Limburg-based industrial machinery manufacturing company, Sif Group, is manufacturing 70 monopiles for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm (OWF), at their Maasvlakte site.
12000 tons of barges and multi-cats leave China for Rotterdam
The Rotterdam-based project-management company Tresios engineered the transportation of 9 Barges and three multi-cats. This cargo, with a total weight exceeding 12000 tons, left the…
Allseas completes installation of DolWin kappa offshore converter station
Allseas has completed the installation of TenneT’s 900-megawatt DolWin6 kappa offshore converter station for the offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea –…
Cargo-Partner offer to acquire one third of Sim Cargo
The Rotterdam-based transport and logistics provider Cargo-Partner has announced its offer to acquire a third of the shares of Sim Cargo, its long-time partner. The goal…
Superyacht Jeff Bezos is in Rotterdam, De Hef not being dismantled
Oceanco’s new superyacht, Project Y721, is in Rotterdam. The superyacht, which is being built for Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, caused a lot of commotion earlier…
Green shipping corridor between Singapore and Rotterdam
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), establishing the world’s longest Green…
Official launch of the Allseas Shipping Company
Following the success of the China Xpress service, Allseas Global Logistics has officially launched its new shipping line. The Allseas Shipping Company is the first…
Construction
200-metre arch bridge sails through Rotterdam city centre
An arch bridge measuring two hundred metres long, twenty metres wide and forty metres high sailed through the centre of Rotterdam in the night from…
Breakbulk Europe 2021 cancelled
Breakbulk Europe 2021 has been cancelled. Large scale events in Germany are still prohibited and these restrictions are unlikely to be removed in time for…
Sustainability
Bakker Sliedrecht readies Heerema’s crane vessels for shorepower
Bakker Sliedrecht will electrify the crane vessels Thialf and Sleipnir of Heerema Marine Contractors so that they can be powered by green shore power. The…
Oil & Gas
Sleipnir installs one of world’s smallest platforms
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s Sleipnir has safely installed Dana Petroleum’s new P11-Unity platform, which at 395 metric tons is one of the world’s smallest platforms.…
Ro/ro
CLdN ramps up capacity between mainland and UK
PRESS RELEASE – CLdN is ramping up preparations for the end of the Brexit transitional phase on 31 December 2020 by introducing additional capacity on…
Equipment
Huisman designs submarine facility in Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Huisman has completed the design of its future submarine facility with a new submarine handling crane. With this facility in the port…
Equipment
ZPMC delivers STS cranes in Rotterdam and Hamburg
PRESS RELEASE – ZPMC has delivered two new ship-to-shore cranes at the Rotterdam World Gateway container terminal in the port of Rotterdam. The cranes arrived…
Heavy-lift terminal
RHB adds second heavy-lift crane in port of Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Rotterdam stevedore company RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing has bought a second mobile shore crane for loading and unloading of heavy-lift, offshore and…