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Biden-Harris Administration proposes competitive lease sale for offshore wind development for New York and New Jersey
| June 11, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News
Innovative proposed lease stipulations for new york bight lease sale would prioritize union jobs and ocean user engagement
MOL and ACSL use flying drone to conduct autonomous inspection of vessel holds
| June 11, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory Ltd. (ACSL) announced the success of a demonstration test using a made-in-Japan flying drone to inspect the hold of an MOL-operated coal carrier in May.
Wison delivers China’s first floating wind platform
| June 11, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News
Wison Offshore & Marine Co., Ltd. announced official completion of its semi-submersible foundation platform for the Three Gorges Guangdong Floating Offshore Wind Power Project developed by China Three Gorges.
House T&I Committee passes Surface Transportation Reauthorization
| June 11, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News
After a 19-hour markup that ended early this morning, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee voted favorably to report the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684) out of committee by a margin of 38-26.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines signs three-year contract as the launch customer of WFS’ new cargo terminal at Atlanta Airport
| June 10, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airports | Freighters | Project / Heavy Lift News | Air Project
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has signed a three-year contract to become the launch customer of Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new cargo terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (H-JAIA).
Console Shipping Services are excited to join PCN in Qatar
| June 10, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Console Shipping Services WLL are new members in Qatar, based in Doha. The company have proven experience and extensive knowledge in project cargo with the expertise to handle shipments for various industries including oil & gas, power & energy, construction and manufacturing.
Schram Shipping & eConowind assist installation agreement
| June 09, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Airbus set to move ahead with A350 freighter within weeks
| June 09, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Freighters | Project / Heavy Lift News | Air Project
Airbus SE is poised to begin taking orders for a freighter version of its A350 wide-body as soon as next month, in a challenge to Boeing Co.’s dominance in the market for dedicated cargo aircraft.
Bolloré Logistics Portugal transports 25,000 solar panels for a renewable energy project in East Africa
| June 08, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Bolloré Logistics Portugal has transported more than 25,000 solar panels for the construction of a 7.5 megawatts (MW) renewable energy power plant in Burundi. Carried out in synergy with the Bolloré Logistics teams in Portugal and Burundi, this operation took place in several stages over a period of only four months.
Steder Group goes out of the box
| June 07, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
The project logistic department of Steder Group, member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for The Netherlands, recently demobilized a CAT 6015 base machine of 67 ton weight together with boom and stick from Costa Rica onboard a container vessel, by means of breakbulk.
Peak Group and deugro group form K2 Project Forwarding AS to enter the Norwegian project freight forwarding market
| June 07, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
RINA: First quarter results in line with forecasts
| June 04, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News
Port of Rotterdam spearheads European renewable energy collaboration
| June 03, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The Port of Rotterdam is spearheading a number of European renewable energy projects that will reduce carbon emissions and energy costs, according to Nico van Dooren, new business director Port of Rotterdam.
Star Shipping Pakistan handles 3 transformers
| June 03, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Star Shipping Pakistan has successfully handled 3 transformers weighing 62tn each.
Cheers to WWPC Project experts in South America
| June 02, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project
Over Projects and Platetrade coordinated the plant expansion for the Heineken brewery in Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
Charter flights with medical supplies from Frankfurt to India
| June 02, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Charters | Project / Heavy Lift News | Air Project
Amid India’s second Covid crisis, CHI Aviation Handling GmbH in cooperation with the national carrier Air India and global forwarder DSV Air & Sea handled a total of five special flights with medical supplies with destinations Srinagar (SXR) and Delhi (DEL) at Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in May and early June.
Dominion Energy, Ørsted and Eversource reach deal on contract to charter offshore wind turbine installation vessel
| June 01, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project | Energy News | Alternative
• Dominion Energy-led consortium building America’s first offshore wind turbine installation vessel, creating hundreds of U.S. jobs while achieving a historic milestone for domestic offshore wind industry • Vessel will be used to install Ørsted-Eversource’s Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind, two of the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind farms, working first from State Pier in New London, Conn. • Charybdis will be homeported in Hampton Roads, Va. and manned with an American crew
EXG handles 182 Coaches for India-Sri Lanka Railway Project
| May 28, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News
Express Global Logistics (EXG), member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, has secured a contract to handle 45,000 FRT of coaches for a State Owned Corporation. The volume includes 182 coaches and four Driving Power Car (DPC) with dimensions of 20.3 x 2.95 x 4 meter and weight ranging from 36 ton to 80 ton.
Biden to meet GOP next week on infrastructure as clock ticks
| May 27, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Intermodal Project | Intermodal News | Road
President Joe Biden plans to meet with Republicans next week after a group of GOP senators pitched a fresh offer on a major new infrastructure plan, but warned that the window for a deal will shut soon, with Republicans still over $1 trillion short of the White House’s latest proposal.
Biden administration announcement will speed offshore wind in California & new wind port
| May 27, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Energy News | Alternative
The Biden Administration announced that the U.S. Departments of Interior and Defense have reached agreement on California sea-space and other issues, clearing the way to move ahead with development of the state’s multi-gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power potential on its Central and North coasts.
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