David Kershaw

Toepfer Transport’s monthly multipurpose rate index held steady at the start of June. The average daily time charter rate for a 12,500 dwt/F-type heavy lift vessel rose marginally to USD14,421.

FLS Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Philippines' specialist AC Logistics, a subsidiary of the Ayala Corporation.

Blue Water Shipping has completed the transport of 15 topside modules for the Agogo FPSO project.

Charter brokerage Chapman Freeborn has expanded its cargo operations in Saudi Arabia, having signed an agreement with Ajex Logistics Services.

China's Protranser delivered 13 sets of transformers from a factory in Wuhan to the UAE and Egypt via Shanghai.

South Africa-headquartered Vanguard has completed transport of at 50 m-long, 171-tonne cold box from the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia to a copper mine in Solwezi, Zambia.

Total Movements International has successfully coordinated transport of the massive 60 MW barge-mounted power plant, Nusantara II, from Surabaya, East Java, to Kolaka, southeast Sulawesi.

General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston's multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.

Globalink Logistics recently completed a challenging project, delivering combined cycle power station components to Talimarjan, Uzbekistan.

Marr Contracting's M2480D heavy lift luffing tower crane has safely removed a large downpipe at Port Kembla Steelworks (PKSW).