Project / Heavy Lift News

Polaris UAE with local handling of drilling rig

AJOT | September 30, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

UAE members, Polaris Shipping Agencies have been busy successfully executing several project shipments in the last month, handling a wide variety of project cargo including the local handling of a drilling rig.

EZ Link Taiwan handles OOG machinery to Los Angeles

AJOT | September 30, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

After receiving their client's request to ship their OOG cargo in a rush, EZ Link have urgently handled a piece of machinery from Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan to Los Angeles in the USA via container vessel.

C.H. Robinson handles shipment to Perth by Antonov AN-124

The project logistics team at C.H. Robinson have coordinated the air shipment of two compressor bundles and related accessories for a petroleum exploration and production company in Australia.

Ensuring floating wind realizes its potential

Floating wind can play a major role in the world reaching carbon neutrality in the coming decades, but as a maturing technology there is not yet a standard implementation proven at commercial scale. Francisco Rodrigues, Mammoet Global Segment Lead for Offshore Wind, discusses how engineered heavy lifting and logistics can help this exciting technology to mature and realize its potential.

Interior Department announces environmental review of proposed wind energy projects offshore New Jersey

EXG transports and barges complex heavy cargo through India

AJOT | September 27, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

Express Global Logistics (EXG), member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, executed a transportation from Walchand Nagar, Pune to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

DNV and Altera Infrastructure pilot new ABATE notation to reduce GHG emissions on offshore installations

AJOT | September 27, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project | Energy News

Classification society DNV has introduced the new ABATE class notation, designed to assist the owners and operators of offshore floating installations to identify and implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Altera Infrastructure is the first FPSO owner to pilot the DNV notation on the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO, with successful results so far.

First heavy lift with Mammoet’s terminal crane in Nigeria

AJOT | September 24, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

Rising shipping costs have impacted numerous sectors, but they have been felt particularly hard among industries that normally utilize heavy lift vessels. This has made some transportations unviable and also resulted in a growing need for ports with greater crane capacity, as ports now need to be able to perform the offloading of increasingly heavy items from non-geared cargo vessels. Without this capability, entire regions risk losing out on newer, more complex construction projects.

Italian terminal operator orders two Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes to keep pace with material handling demand

Terminal Flavio Gioia S.p.A. (TFG) has ordered two eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes for its terminal in Naples, bolstering its material handling capacity to keep up with demand. The first order was placed in March 2021, and the option for a second was exercised in August, reflecting the need to quickly ramp up business. The first crane is already in operation and the second will start in early 2022.

Merchants Bridge reconstruction project reaches major milestone

AJOT | September 22, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

Riverboat cruise provides opportunity to view installation of the first of three new trusses

MYCRANE set to launch in four more countries as franchisees are appointed

AJOT | September 22, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

MYCRANE has appointed four new franchisees, expanding the footprint of the world’s first digital platform for the search and selection of cranes.

HDBank gets US$50 million from French development agency to finance green projects

AJOT | September 20, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

JSL Qatar & WSS UAE handle shipment of construction vehicles

AJOT | September 14, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

JSL Global Qatar and Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) UAE have handled a shipment of construction vehicles consisting of 11 RORO units at a total of 1,175cbm / 262mt.

MissionEase passes test for Nexans in sea trial of first full-scale system

AJOT | September 14, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

Offshore cable-laying specialist Nexans has put to the test Vestdavit’s innovative MissionEase boat-handling system on its state-of-the-art newbuild Nexans Aurora ahead of starting installation work on renewable power projects worldwide.

Oversized cargo movement from UAE to Iraq

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

Kamar Al-Ard Company/Fleetline Shipping (FLS-KAA), member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for Iraq, handled oversized non-stackable industrial equipments and accessories from Dubai to Umm Qasir, Iraq.

BAJ Freight and Logistics announce new office complex

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

BSMG deliver heavy transformers

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

Benteyga Shipping Mauritania Group (BSMG) reported the delivery of 5 heavy transformers for one of the biggest electrical power stations in Mauritania.

Just in time delivery with THP/SL

AJOT | September 07, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

PESADO Transport moved precast concrete elements weighing up to 700 tons at Mexico’s biggest oil refinery

dship Carriers delivers tidal turbine and main foundation from UK to Japan

AJOT | September 07, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

The total weight amounted to 1,714 metric tons (MT) and encompassed several heavy lift and oversized units with weights up to 205 MT and measurements up to 19.82 x 16 x 11.19 meters.