Ferus Smit's shipyard in Westerbroek saw the launch of Kolland, the fifth in a series of six freighters designed for trading through the Trollhätte Canal en route between the open sea and Swedish interior lakes.
The Swedish ferry company will acquire all shares in the Liepāja-based port operator, becoming responsible for ro-ro, bulk, and other general cargo handling at Terrabalt's terminal in the Latvian seaport.
The €2.9-million project, funded by the EU Interreg Central Baltic Programme, will see the development of smart surface vessels equipped with pollution detection sensors.
The Riga-based manufacturer of heavy-lifting equipment has installed a second rail-mounted gantry (RMG) for container operations at First Dry Port Terminal in Tashkent.
The Swedish tanker company will be operating its EU-based fleet on biogas having secured a large-scale mass-balanced biomethane agreement with Cargill and Titan Clean Fuels.
AutoTerminal Bremerhaven saw the deployment of a Liebherr LHM 550, with a tower extension of 4.8 metres, reach of 54 m, and a loading capacity of 154 tonnes (in a two-rope configuration).
The Skagen-based tanker company will see its two dual-fuel (diesel/methanol) hybrid tankers equipped with 16-metre, foldable, ATEX-certified wind wings, four units for each vessel.
