Heerema’s Sleipnir sets new world record lifting 15,300 tonnes
Heerema has set a new world record lifting a module of 15,300 tonnes with its new heavy-lift vessel Sleipnir. Such a load has never been lifted by a crane vessel before. The record was set while lifting topsides for Noble Energy’s Leviathan development in the Mediterranean Sea near Israel. Sleipnir installed the two main topsides with…
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Thank you for a wonderful Project Cargo Summit!
The Project Cargo Summit 2019 is a wrap and Promedia Group thanks everyone who attended! The organization looks back at a wonderful edition with twice as many visitors and three times as many exhibitors, compared to the first edition in 2018. The Project Cargo Summit combined a high-level conference with a dedicated exhibition with workshops,…
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Zeamarine and Rhenus sign agency contract at Project Cargo Summit
Today at the Project Cargo Summit in Rotterdam, multipurpose vessel operator Zeamarine and Rhenus Logistics in Rotterdam have signed a contract on stevedoring and shipping agencies after some successful trial shipments earlier this year. “The Rhenus Deep Sea Terminal in Rotterdam is ideally located to best serve our client’s needs. With its strategic location and…
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Wallenius SOL links Wärtsilä directly to Antwerp
Starting November 2019, Wallenius SOL will include the in Finland in its regular liner service between the Baltic Sea and Belgium. The service expansion is made by possible through a long-term co-operation with technology company Wärtsilä, who’s building a new research and production facility on the site. Wärtsilä is building a so-called Smart Technology Hub…
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Liebherr opens new subsidiary in Hamburg Port
Liebherr is investing approximately 20 million euros in a new sales and service centre in Hamburg Port. The new subsidiary, comprising an area of 44,000 m² in the Kuhwerder Harbour, was officially opened 6 September 2019. According to Liebherr, the location offers a good and wide-ranging infrastructure with easy access to motorways and railways, a…
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