Archive for 'Transportation' Category
BigLift Shipping Building Two Heavy Lift Ships
26 June 2007BigLift Shipping, a company specializing in the worldwide transportation of heavy lifts and project cargo, is undertaking an investment program to extend their fleet in numbers of vessels and in lifting capacity.
A contract was signed with Larsen & Toubro of India, for the construction of two multi-purpose heavy-lift vessels.
The main characteristics of the newbuildings are:
Length [...]
MARAD Launches America’s Marine Highway Initiative
20 February 2007MARAD, the Maritime Administration, is launching America’s Marine Highway Initiative to highlight and promote the U.S. Marine Transportation System (MTS) and along with the launch, they have created a new website to serve as a clearinghouse for the waterborne transportation community and to facilitate the sharing of information in an effort to promote waterborne transportation [...]
Ocean Shipping Containers
2 January 2006If you are shipping your export in an ocean container, what do you need to know? Here are some basics:
Most freight is moved in “standard containers”, a standard container is a watertight box that has double doors on one end to allow for loading and unloading. Standard containers are 8 feet wide, eight and one-half [...]
