Project / Heavy Lift News

Airbus set to move ahead with A350 freighter within weeks

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

AJOT | 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

AJOT | 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

AJOT | June 07, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

RINA: First quarter results in line with forecasts

AJOT | June 04, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News

Port of Rotterdam spearheads European renewable energy collaboration

Stas Margaronis | 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

AJOT | 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

AJOT | 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

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

• 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

AJOT | 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

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

Stas Margaronis | 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.

L&L International & Eastway Global collaborate for air shipments of aircraft engines

L&L International de Colombia are pleased to report a recent collaboration with their UFO partner, Eastway Global Forwarding, for the air shipments of two aircraft engines.

Hendrik Veder Group helps Saipem with offshore project in Baltic Sea

AJOT | May 25, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project | Energy News

Saipem, a service provider in the oil and gas industry, has been commissioned with an offshore project in the Baltic Sea.

AAL achieves latest 2020 IMO Intact Stability Code standards

AJOT | May 25, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

AAL Shipping (AAL) has successfully achieved latest 2020 IMO Intact Stability Code standards with its heavy lift cargo handling procedures and new levels of sailings efficiency and safety through its ground-breaking ‘Performance Optimisation Control Room’ (POCR), ensuring its multipurpose (MPP) services remain at their peak.

SPC Logistics appointed exclusive member for Costa Rica

AJOT | May 25, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

SPC Logistics, part of Grupo Perez, have been appointed a country exclusive member for Costa Rica for the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) with immediate effect.

C.H. Robinson arrange multimodal shipment of forging machine

AJOT | May 20, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Intermodal Project

Earlier this year, the team at C.H. Robinson Project Logistics were busy arranging a shipment of a forging machine from South Korea to the USA. The job required a suite of service offerings including ocean & barge services, customs brokerage and road transport.

deugro delivered 17,487 freight tons of steel pipes to Indonesia for a renewable energy offshore project

AJOT | May 20, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift News | Maritime Project

deugro delivered 17,487 freight tons (FRT) of steel pipes in six part charters from Masan, South Korea to Batam, Indonesia. The pipes were needed for the production of 15 jackets for a renewable energy offshore project in Taiwan. deugro was awarded the delivery contract by PT SMOE Indonesia, a group company of Sembcorp Marine.