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United Heavy Lift join forces to create Thorco Projects. Later on in the year, Thorco Shipping Holland joined forces with Navigia and Feederlines in a new technical ship management venture, which will represent four brands – Thorco Projects, Navigia, Feederlines and Peak. In 2016, Grieg Star
expressed its intention to enter into a joint venture with Gearbulk. DSV gobbled up UTi Worldwide and Ahlers Belgium acquired Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies. NileDutch’s acquisition of SafmarineMPV’s Europe to West Africa services and operations marked the complete divestment of the multipurpose vessel operator by its owner Maersk Line.
Partnerships The year saw German container shipping line Hapag- Lloyd reveal plans to combine its activities with United Arab Shipping Company, while Maersk Line reached an agreement to purchase Hamburg Süd. Zeaborn Chartering took
over the commercial management of Carisbrooke Shipping’s fleet of 17 multipurpose vessels. And the latter then announced that it would combine its commercial shortsea bulk activities with those of Nova Marine Carriers. Sector heavyweight Briese
Schiffahrts formed a strategic alliance with relative newcomer Auerbach Schifffahrt to cooperate more closely in the
Ruslan International, would come to an end on December 31. Meanwhile, Atlas Air Worldwide completed its acquisition of Southern Air and we saw the first flight of Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander airship. It was also revealed that the
In December, BigRoll Shipping took delivery of BigRoll Baffin, the third in a series of four MC class module carriers.
areas of project development and ship management. In October, Mitsui OSK Lines
(MOL), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) said they were forming a joint venture to unite their container shipping operations and terminal management businesses outside Japan. Gebrüder Weiss and Röhlig bucked the consolidation trend
Sarens was awarded the largest contract in its history by Tengizchevroil (TCO) for its Future Growth Project and Wellhead Pressure Management Project in Kazakhstan.
by confirming that their joint venture Weiss-Röhlig will be phased out in 2017, with both companies expressing their desire to operate in the market under their respective brand names.
Branding And on the subject of branding, heavy lift and project cargo shipping line Cosco Shipping Company Limited (Coscol) officially changed its name to Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers Co Ltd. On the legislative front,
July 1, saw the entry into force of a new regulation requiring the gross mass of a container to be verified before it is loaded onto a ship. The heavy lift airfreight
business was also subject to a shake-up, as Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines confirmed that their AN-124- 100 freighter joint venture,
world’s largest freighter aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, will be put back into production following an agreement signed by Antonov Company and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC). The International Air Cargo
Association (TIACA) inaugurated Alexey Isaykin, president of Volga-Dnepr Group, to its hall of fame and Straightline Aviation (SLA) signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 12 Lockheed Martin hybrid airships. On the equipment front,
Konecranes completed its acquisition of Terex’s Material Handling and Port Solutions (MHPS) business. The year also saw the
launch of more project forwarder networks including the Break-Bulk Ocean Lines network, the Project Logistics Alliance and the Atlas Breakbulk Alliance.. On a more positive note,
2016 saw Sarens awarded the largest contract in its history by Tengizchevroil (TCO) for its Future Growth Project and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP- WPMP) in Kazakhstan. All will be hoping that there is more news of that nature in future.
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