A twosome is becoming a threesome. After three years in a successful commercial alliance, Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor Jumbo Shipping and German breakbulk and project cargo specialist SAL
Elisabeth Cosmatos, managing director of the Thessaloniki, Greece, based Cosmatos Group, has been elected president of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG), an international association for specialized heavy transport companies. Taking over from
A series of new-generation heavy lift ships includes a methanol dual fuel hybrid propulsion plant as part of German operator SAL Heavy Lift’s commitment to decarbonization. Called the Orca Class, they are
An in-house development from Schiedam, Netherlands, headquartered Jumbo Shipping promises to go a long way to solving the issue of persistent flash rust caused by the removal of temporary welded securings on
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor is handling the primary shipments for a $1 billion natural gas fired power plant project at the Indeck Niles Energy Center in Michigan. More than 600 pieces
Japan’s NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd. (NBP) has signed a contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co. Ltd., which is part of the China Merchants Group, to build two next-generation energy-saving heavy-lift
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) reports that the crew of its heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin has been freed and the vessel retaken following a violent hijacking that occurred Sunday, approximately 80
AUGUST 20, 2018 — In what is believed to be the heaviest salvage lift in the Americas, Resolve Salvage and Fire Americas, Fort Lauderdale, FL, raised the sunken derrick barge DB1 by executing
MAY 29, 2018 — Maritime Holdings Delaware, LLC, the parent company of Houston based Intermarine, LLC, a specialist in project, breakbulk and heavylift cargo, has entered into a joint venture agreement with
OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Project shipping specialist BBC Chartering GmbH of Leer, Germany, and Schiedam, Netherlands, based heavy lift specialist Jumbo have agreed to an exclusive strategic cooperation; the “Global Project Alliance,”
