General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston's multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.
Industry analyst Ti warns that the threat of strike action at US East and Gulf coast ports in the new year has not gone away, with a local union declaring its hostility to automation.
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.
In November 2024, Prumo Logística, the port of Açu and Sarens signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study logistics solutions that would support the offshore wind energy business.
The BMS Heavy Cranes team in Esbjerg, Denmark is currently performing a major project: the assembly of 106 wind turbine towers for a new offshore wind power park near Borkum.
The final monopiles for the Eoliennes en Mer Iles d'Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm have been delivered by Boskalis' heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a 'refusal of access direction' to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Combi Lift successfully completed lots one and two of complex multimodal transport project, delivering a complete chemical plant from Chennai port, India, to Proctor, West Virginia, USA, via the port of New Orleans.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is launching a re-engineered bunker adjustment factor, BAF2.0, to prepare for future fuels on the path to net-zero emissions by 2040.