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  • 14 Jun 2014 8:58 AM | Anonymous

    Original news was published on 13 June, 2014

    Crossrail, Europe’s biggest civil engineering project, is receiving critical data from the world’s first smart tunnel, operated by University of Cambridge engineers.

    "A project as big as Crossrail comes with all sorts of engineering challenges,” Robert Mair, head of civil engineering and of the Center for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge, said in a statement. “One of the most important of those challenges is how you excavate large tunnels underneath urban infrastructure without causing any distress to buildings or other tunnels.”

    Cambridge engineers installed an underground laboratory in the old Royal Mail Tunnel that runs just a few meters above the excavation of one of Crossrail’s new tunnels. The two tunnels run parallel to each other for more than 100 meters. This is the first time that two tunnels have been dug in London in such close proximity and parallel to each other for such a long distance

    The lab contains hundreds of low-cost sensors that monitor the movement of the old tunnel as construction proceeds. The Cambridge technology is answering how much movement is happening, what form the movement is taking and whether it is within acceptable limits. In fact, the sensors can detect movements as small as one-hundredth of a millimeter, which means any potential problems can be identified and corrected before they cause any damage to the older tunnel.

    “By installing the kind of sensors that can give a continuous update about how much those tunnels might be moving and what changes are taking place, we can answer a lot of important questions about the value of our current infrastructure, the future of it, whether it needs to be maintained, whether it needs to be replaced undefined all those kinds of issues can be much better quantified,” Mair said.

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  • 13 Jun 2014 8:36 AM | Anonymous
     Original news was published on 12 June, 2014

    Performed simultaneously in two yards in India and one in Oman

    Lift & Shift India Pvt (LSPL) has completed the loadout of 17 modules for Larsen & Toubro at their yards in India (Hazira, Gujarat and Katupalli in Chennai and Tamil Nadu) and in Oman at Sohar.

    The modules and related cargoes were for the B-127 and HRP fields in Mumbai High and Yetugon in Myanmar. The B 127 project included four decks and four jackets, while the HRP project had three decks and three jackets, Lift & Shifts said in a statement. The Yetugon project consisted of one jacket, one deck, one crane and four sets of piles. The loadouts were done simultaneously.

    LSPL  provided a set of 100-plus axles and barges at each location. The jackets weighed from 1,227 tons to 3,500 tons. The 140-meter-long Yetugon jacket loadout was the first time a jacket was loaded out using a skidding technique, LSPL said in a statement. The company imported heavy-duty winches and a ballast monitoring system in addition to the strand jacks. The operation lasted 36 hours, which included moving the jacket from the yard to the jetty over 140 meters and then skidding it onto a 400-class barge.


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  • 13 Jun 2014 8:33 AM | Anonymous

      Original news was published on 12 June, 2014

    UTi Worldwide, a global supply chain services and solutions company, recently established ocean charter service centers to coordinate the fastest possible response to energy, mining and construction industries clients, which is an important market segment for the company.

    These client services teams are strategically located in Amsterdam, Johannesburg and Singapore, with a global hub in Houston, Texas. These locations are major centers for gas and oil exploration, drilling, mining and large projects construction. Each regional center is manned by experts who understand the special needs of these industries.

    “UTi’s EMP team members have specific skill sets to analyze and drive the execution of specialized services that include Heavy and Breakbulk transportation services, including cargo and project supervision,” Bruce Hulings, vice president of UTi energy, mining and projects, said.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 12 Jun 2014 8:43 AM | Anonymous

    Original news was published on 11 June, 2014

    RollDock Shipping today (June 11) took delivery of RollDock Storm, a semi-submersible heavy-lift ro-ro vessel, built by Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Germany. RollDock Storm is the fourth in a series of vessels, following RollDock Sun, RollDock Sea and RollDock Star.

    Each vessel in the series is equipped with two 350-ton-capacity Liebherr heavy-lift cranes and a heavy duty ro-ro ramp with a weight capacity of up to 4,000 tons, which can be positioned at various levels in relation to the quay, RollDock Shipping said in a statement. They also have the ability to submerge to load cargoes such as dredgers, submarines and various naval craft.

    The vessels’ dock holds are box shaped and measure 119.44 meters long and 19.4 meters wide. With a maximum shallow draft of only 5.67 meters fully loaded coupled with exceptional manoeuvrability, the RollDock Storm and its sister vessels are able to call remote ports with little water depth to load or discharge cargo. Sailing speed is about 17 knots.

    In related news, RollDock and its joint venture partner BigLift that formed BigRoll, will expand its fleet as well. BigRoll Barentsz and BigRoll Bering are scheduled to be delivered in 2015. These vessels have been designed to deliver large and heavy modules and can access remote Arctic locations due to their Finnish Swedish 1A Ice Class approval.  BigRoll also holds an option on two more sister vessels.

    Photo: Inside RollDock’s new RollDock Storm semi-submersible vessel. Courtesy of RollDock Shipping.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 12 Jun 2014 8:41 AM | Anonymous
      Original news was published on 11 June, 2014

    Van der Vlist transported cable reels from Trieste, Italy, to Zelzate in northern Belgium, using its new 10-axle semi-low trailer.

    The three reels weighed 92 tonnes each and measured 4 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3.6 meters high. Route surveys were carried out to ensure an appropriate route for the weights. While this was not a problem for the first transport, road work began along the way in Germany and necessitated a new route for the second and third shipments, Van der Vlist said in a statement.

    The length of the new route as well as the time of year also slowed the movement, as national holidays halted the journey on multiple days. To make up time, special permits were applied for to drive during the weekend. After traveling through five countries, the reels were delivered in Zelzate.

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  • 11 Jun 2014 8:44 AM | Anonymous

    CHINA International Marine Containers (CIMC) is investing CNY3 billion (US$480.7 million) in building a new 450,000-TEU container manufacturing plant in Yinzhou, Ningbo, marking its second expansion project in China this year.

    In March, CIMC, the world's biggest box maker, announced it would invest CNY7 billion in developing a container manufacturing plant with an annual production capacity of 750,000 TEU in Dongguan, adjacent to Guangzhou.

    Despite slowing container sales, the world's largest box manufacturer is betting on a long-term trend of containerisation in global trade and a gradual economic recovery.

    "Leveraging on the gradual recovery of the global economy, as well as the steady increase in global containerisation, it is expected that the long-term growing trend of demand for containers will continue in the future," the firm said in its Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchange filing.

    "Upon completion of the Yinzhou project, it will benefit the group in further fortifying and maintaining its leading position in the container industry," said the filing.

    CIMC sealed the deal with local authorities to put fixed-asset investment of CNY1.5 billion into the 470,000-square metre plant in the Yinzhou Economic Development Zone, near one of the main hubs in eastern China.

    The complex will have an initial production capacity of 200,000 TEU per year in 2015, before expanding to 450,000 TEU per year in 2018.

    CIMC, whose cash reserves amounted to CNY4.5 billion at the end of March, will fund the project from its own capital.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 11 Jun 2014 8:41 AM | Anonymous

     Original news was published on 10 June,2014

    SAL Anne-Sofie carries vessels from Turkey to Iraq

    Liburnia Maritime Agency has loaded two oil recovery vessels in Tuzla, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.

    The vessels were loaded onto Anne-Sofie, SAL’s 12,000-tonne-deadweight multipurpose vessel that has two onboard cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 1,400 tonnes. Each of the recovery vessels weighed 338 tons and measured 42 meters long, GPLN said in a statement on behalf of its Croatian member.

    The Anne-Sofie carried the cargoes to Umm Qasr, a port city in southern Iraq.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 10 Jun 2014 8:45 AM | Anonymous
      Original news was published on 9 June, 2014

    Vestas will supply 158.4 megawatts worth of wind turbines to Borusan for three wind of its wind farms in Turkey.

    The 48 3.3-megawatt turbines will be installed in the Mut, Harmanlık and Koru RES wind power plants located near Mersin, Bursa and Çanakkale, respectively. The contracts include supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines. Generated power will serve 830,000 households in the three areas.

    Delivery of all three projects will take place in the fourth quarter of 2014. Commissioning will follow in the  second quarter of 2015.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 10 Jun 2014 8:42 AM | Anonymous

        Original news was published on 9 June, 2014

    “Ready to roll out the red carpet for investors,” Minister says


    Greece ‘s conservative-led government supports a plan to privatize the country’s major ports in hopes of attracting billions of euros of new investments.

    Greece’s Minister for Shipping Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told the Wall Street Journal the country was ready to “roll out the red carpet” for investors in the 13 major ports it is planning to sell off, and was ready to consider private investment even in smaller harbors.

    “I think privately managed companies can be more efficient and more aggressive in the market,” Varvitsiotis said.

    The government got a taste of privatization through Cosco’s efforts at Piraeus, the nation’s main port, which have turned its portion of the port into one of the top 10 container ports in Europe. Cosco will spend US$300 million over the next six years to further expand cargo-handling facilities at the port. The government has initiated a bid for the rest of the port at Piraeus. A.P. Moeller Maersk, International Container Terminal (Philippines), Ports America and Cosco itself have expressed interest. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year.

    Privatizing ports is just one aspect of the government’s sweeping plan. Earlier this year, it announced it would sell stakes in state-held rail and road transport, airports, utilities, gaming and public real estate holdings.

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  • 09 Jun 2014 9:19 AM | Anonymous
    Original news was published on 8 June, 2014

    IMPORT volumes at major US ports are expected to go up 7.5 per cent in June as retailers bring in high quantities fearful of disruptions on the west coast after the dockers' labour contract expires, says Global Port Tracker.


    "Retailers will keep the shelves stocked for the back-to-school and holiday seasons," said National Retail Federation (NRF) vice president Jonathan Gold.

    The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union began negotiations last month on a new contract to replace the agreement that expires June 30.

    West coast ports handle more than two-thirds of US retail container cargo, including the bulk of cargo from Asia. The last major coast-wide shutdown occurred in 2002, closing ports for 10 days and creating a month-long backlog.

    US ports followed by Global Port Tracker handled 1.43 million TEU in April, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available. The number was up 9.9 per cent from March and 10.3 per cent from April 2013.

    May was estimated at 1.47 million TEU, up 5.8 per cent from the same month last year, and June is forecast at 1.46 million TEU, up 7.5 per cent from last year.

    Both are unusually high numbers not normally seen until later in the summer or fall, a sign that retailers have begun bringing imported merchandise into the country early because of the uncertainty.

    July is forecast at an even-higher 1.51 million TEU, up 4.4 per cent from last year; August at 1.52 million TEU, up 1.9 per cent; September at 1.45 million TEU, up 0.8 per cent; and October at 1.48 million TEU, up 3.4 per cent.

    The first half of the year is expected to total 8.3 million TEU, up 6.5 per cent over last year. The total for 2013 was 16.2 million TEU, up 2.3 per cent from 2012's 15.8 million TEU.

    The import numbers come as NRF is forecasting 4.1 per cent sales growth in 2014. Cargo volume does not correlate directly with sales but is a barometer of retailers' expectations.


    *NEWS SOURCE

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