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An oversized problem – how heavy haulage decarbonisation policies are lagging behind
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (144+ words) With Europe's ambitious push towards a transition to zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) still focused largely on general freight, it is the oversized and abnormal load operators whose long-term ambitions are in danger of being stalled by policies that are still…...
Perpetual disruption is the new baseline for project logistics
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (143+ words) The era of predictable project logistics is decisively over. As geopolitical turmoil continues to fracture global supply chains, freight forwarders are abandoning traditional risk models, fundamentally restructuring their operations to navigate a market where severe disruption is the only guaranteed…...
TGP navigates winter freeze to deliver 250-tonne piperack modules in Rotterdam
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (274+ words) Trans Global Projects (TGP) said that its Netherlands and United Kingdom teams recently completed the transport of eight large piperack modules for a major energy infrastructure development. The structures will form part of a facility specifically designed to support advanced…...
Breakbulk bounces back at Seattle-Tacoma ports after 2025 slump
1+ week, 5+ day ago (132+ words) Breakbulk throughput at the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) recorded a sharp uptick last month, offering an early sign of recovery after a difficult year for the gateway's non-containerized cargo segment. Three major names in the offshore wind supply chain have…...
‘Phantom carrier’ freight scams are growing threat to project shippers
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (126+ words) Shippers of project cargo and oversized equipment are facing a sophisticated new threat that bypasses traditional physical security: the AI-inspired "phantom carrier. The reliability of the Netherlands inland waterway network for transporting oversized freight is under threat, as the Dutch…...
Budget bottlenecks threaten vital Dutch heavy-lift freight flows
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (137+ words) The reliability of the Netherlands" inland waterway network for transporting oversized freight is under threat, as the Dutch shipping sector warns the new government"s coalition agreement lacks the funding required to maintain aging locks and bridges. Planned logistics contracts…...
Motorway bridge upgrades threaten European road logistics bottlenecks
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (339+ words) The European heavy road transport sector is confronting a growing policy challenge: ensuring that infrastructure renewal programmes do not unintentionally restrict access for oversized and heavy cargo. It's an issue that has been flagged up following a warning from the…...
Europe’s two ‘super ports’ find stability in energy cargo as bulk volumes falter
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (160+ words) Europe's two busiest ports are sending a clear signal to the project cargo market: even as overall maritime throughput comes under pressure, breakbulk, project and RoRo are emerging as stabilising forces. That was clearly evident in 2025 at the Port of…...
New equipment gives deugro cargo handling boost at COLT
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (215+ words) A year on after the COLT (Cedar-Port Operations and Logistics Terminal) in Baytown, Texas, became operational, deugro is expanding its cargo handling capabilities. The project logistics specialist added a tailor-made straddle carrier to the 20.2-hectare site at Cedar Port Industrial…...
New year but no new resolution for U.S. offshore as more court battles loom
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (187+ words) It is just a few into 2026, yet the relationship between the US government and the offshore wind sector " and crucially heavy lift supply chains " appear locked in the same tense stand-off that defined the closing weeks of last year. In…...