On 23rd August 2018 Scania announced that it has begun the challenging process of reducing its backlog of truck, industrial and marine engine orders. The backlog was built up after a delivery and order stop caused by a lengthy strike at one of Scania’s main casting suppliers. “This is probably the worst disruption that has hit our company in many decades when it comes to supply disturbances,” says Alexander Vlaskamp, Senior Vice President, Head of Scania Trucks. “I really wou

Icelandic crane rental company DS Lausnir provided lifting and rigging gear, including a frame made of Modulift beams, to lift a 45t boat into water for the first time at a harbour in Hafnarfjörður on the southwest coast of the country, about 10km south of Reykjavík. Lausnir chose a 250t capacity Grove GMK 5250 (a 2016 model) from its 14-strong fleet of mobile cranes to lift the 5.5m-wide and 12m-long vessel from the dockside into the sea, upon completion of the manufacturing

New model of technical management increases performance by encouraging innovation with a purpose, and designing basic unit of operations around the customer’s needs. V.Group, the leading global marine and offshore vessel management and support services provider, announced the launch of its groundbreaking Fleet Cell of the Future, a prototype for the future of technical management and marine support services. This new operational design rethinks and redesigns the traditional F

Peel coastguard crews where called out to tackle an oil pollution incident in Peel harbour. On The Isle of Man, a team arrived at the scene and determined two boats next to each other to be the possible cause of the pollution. A number of Zwanny MOB20 booms were placed around the two vessels and further booms placed downstream to prevent further oil spreading. The coastguard handed over control of the cleanup operation to the department of infrastructure and returned to the s