Fastro develops sling attachment system
NewsThe Netherlands-based heavy lift technology company Fastro has come up with a new technique [patented] for attaching slings to heavy loads. ...
Asean ports implement growth plans
NewsPorts in the Asean trading bloc are being expanded and their cargo handling facilities modernised as both intra-regional and international t...
Resilient heavy lift/project cargo market propels ship investments
NewsThe heavy lift/project cargo market is expected to post relatively strong rates of growth over the coming years and shipowners and operators...
AAL shipment facilitates US$200M repair project
NewsAAL Shipping recently transported critical Toshiba-built power station components on a single shipment from China and Japan to Queensland in...
‘Challenging’ deliveries of MHCs and ASCs
NewsHeavy lift specialist AAL Shipping has recently undertaken the long-haul transport of several port cranes for projects around the world....
Mammoet offers zero emission SPMT transport
NewsMammoet has developed a zero emissions option for SPMT transport, compatible with any trailer in its fleet....
AAL Shipping takes delivery of more MPVs
NewsAAL Shipping has added further vessels to its owned multipurpose cargo vessel fleet...
Liebherr launches LS 800 E electric shipboard crane
NewsThe new all-electric crane has a maximum SWL of 800 tonnes. The growth in numbers of large wind turbines is leading to increasingly heavy in...
Dynamic Load Monitoring for Harlyn
NewsSouthampton, UK-based Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM) has rented four, 100t capacity compressive load cells from its TW-3.0 range to heavy tra...
Nielsen building more trucks as piece goods gain weight
NewsDenmark’s N.C. Nielsen has reported that in the past three years, it has developed, produced and sold more than 65 heavy handling reach st...
AAL acquires two more MPVs
NewsSpecialist heavy lift project carrier AAL Shipping has acquired two heavy lift ’mega-size’ 33,000dwt W-Class multipurpose vessels from t...
Fortune echoing breakbulk heyday
NewsMilan, Italy-based Fortune International Transport, a member of the Project Cargo Network, recently chartered a vessel for an Italian client...
Second helpings for used container cranes
NewsUsed container cranes are starting new and useful lives in new locations....
MHC relocated to Bellingham terminal
NewsA mobile harbour crane originally purchased for a Marine Highway container barge service that failed to get off the ground has been relocate...
HHLA transfers STS cranes from Hamburg to Tallinn
NewsHHLA is shipping two 2005-built Kocks STS cranes from its Burchardkai terminal in Hamburg to its concession in Estonia, HHLA TK Estonia...