BBC Leer enters service
BBC Chartering has put its newly built 13,000 dwt multipurpose triple-decker, BBC Leer, into service as it sailed from the Taizhou shipyard in China. The vessel headed to the Morimatsu facility in Nantong according to...Read more
BBC Leer heavy-lift MPP ready to serve BBC Chartering
the first LakerMax deliveredLeer-based Briese Group will take delivery of its first LakerMax newbuild from Taizhou Sanfu Heavy Industry, China. The BBC Leer is the first of fifteen 13,000 dwt multipurpose triple-deckers that will be delivered to the...Read more
Multipurpose Index bumped by issues in major canals
Drewry's OpinionThe Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index was significantly “helped” by the issues with both the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal. The Index hit a value of $9,048 per day in April, beating Drewry’s forecast. Read more
BBC Chartering leaps forward with LakerMax MPP fleet
10-strong orderBBC Chartering has opened the door to a new era with the introduction of a new 10-strong fleet of heavy-lift, multipurpose vessels. The company will take delivery of 10 LakerMax, 13,000 dwt MPPs starting spring...Read more
More MPP operators cancel Panama Canal transit
Following Panama Canal Authority’s Advisory to Shipping No. A-48-2023, several MPP carriers and operators have decided to cancel traversing the canal until May or June 2024. United Heavy Lift got the ball rolling with several...Read more
BBC Chartering fleet growing with two F500 deliveries lined up
The largest multipurpose vessel fleet in the world is about to get even bigger, with BBC Chartering, about to get two more F500-type multi-purpose heavy-lift vessels this year.Read more
Multipurpose vessel rates decline eases, project market support continues
Drewry's OpinionThe Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index for the month of August has beaten the previous forecast by the consultancy. While the decline is expected to continue, it will not be a significant drop in September. Read more
Toepfer Transport: TMI stable despite poor spot MPP market
Time charter rates in the multipurpose (MPP) vessel sector, reflected in the Toepfer’s Multipurpose Index (TMI), remain stable despite a poor spot market. The Hamburg-based shipbroker adds that looking 6-12 months forward, the assessment includes...Read more
Lifeboats delivery for cruise ship giant Icon of the Seas
VideoThe construction of the Icon of the Seas, the lead ship for Royal Caribbean International’s Icon Class vessels, is continuing at the Meyer Turku shipyard. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in 2023. Read more
Switching continents
Appointments WeeklyOver the last week some interesting shifts have happened with BBC Chartering moving one of its colleagues from Leer to Houston and Chapman Freeborn appointing a new head for its automotive department.Read more
It is not a routine job, the story of Ahmed Afifi, EMCO Group
People of the industry“My favourite thing about my job is that every day there is something new, it is not a routine job. I also enjoy travelling to the ports, and abroad, meeting new people,” says Ahmed Afifi,...Read more
PCJ 2022 Review: Q1’s most read
The year 2022 has been filled with exciting projects and interviews, but for the next couple of days, we will look into the articles that have got the most attention from our readers, quarter by...Read more
BBC Kherson joins BBC Chartering’s fleet
BBC Chartering is set to put its new addition to fleet through her paces as first cargo awaits. Following the completion of sea trials earlier in the autumn BBC Kherson, an F500-type MPP/Heavy-Lift vessel, has...Read more
BBC Sebastopol joins BBC Chartering fleet
BBC Chartering has added more tonnage to its fleet with the introduction of BBC Sebastopol, a multipurpose F500-type vessel, built at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering in Taizhou, China.Read more
UTC Overseas delivers 880,000-pound Mantsinen machine
Mantsinen partnered with UTC Overseas, BBC Chartering, and SMH Group-US to deliver a Mantsinen 300 rubber tire gantry machine fully assembled and tested from the Port of Rauma in Finland to Jacksonville, Florida’s Keystone Terminals.Read more
BBC Chartering ships the Mantsinen 300, world’s largest hydraulic crane
As the 2022 Breakbulk Europe conference took place in Rotterdam, the Mantsinen 300, the world’s largest hydraulic crane, was loaded onto the general cargo ship BBC Aquamarine, in the Finnish Port of Rauma. This is...Read more
BBC Onyx loads CTVs in Esbjerg for delivery to Taiwan
In the early hours of Saturday, February 4, 2022, BBC Chartering’s general cargo/heavy lift vessel, BBC Onyx, loaded a couple of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) at the port of Esbjerg and headed off to Taiwan. Read more
BBC Chartering takes hold of MPP newbuild, BBC Ukraine
BBC Chartering has beefed up its MPP fleet with the addition of BBC Ukraine built at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering in China. The company took delivery of the F500-type multipurpose and heavy-lift vessel in Singapore. Read more