Cargo-partner ships machinery from India to Brazil
Cargo-parnter’s Mumbai team handled a shipment of oversized machinery from Nhava Sheva, India to Santos, Brazil on ex-works terms.Read more
People of the Industry: Anton Plompen, Marketing Director, Greycarrier
INTERVIEW“With the present market disruptions, options are continuously shifting and changing. Right now the number of carriers to specific areas is going down, not up, that makes our job very interesting,” states Anton Plompen, marketing...Read more
Photo of the Week: heavy lift meeting under Seven Elephants agency
Photo of the WeekEach week, Project Cargo Journal will be sharing one photograph, showcasing industry activity. This week’s photograph is courtesy of Seven Elephants Ship Agents.Read more
Protranser ships construction machinery
The Chinese transportation and logistics company, Protranser, arranged the shipment of construction machinery.Read more
Energy transition brings plenty of opportunities for breakbulk
The need for a more sustainable world has brought about one of the major game changers of our time, the energy transition. For the EU this has become even more urgent because of the war in...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen sees room for cautious optimism for breakbulk in 2023
With an economic slowdown expected Wallenius Wilhelmsen sees cause for cautious optimism, with roll-on, roll-off vessels being the safest, fastest and most cost-efficient way to transport oversized, heavy to lift or out-of-gauge cargo.Read more
Project Cargo Network makes moves
Three Project Cargo Network (PCN) members have completed shipments, in Belgium, Germany, and Vietnam.Read more
Port of Savannah Georgia to relocate breakbulk terminal
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Board has approved the renovation and realignment of the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal docks to accommodate expanding container operations, shifting most breakbulk cargo to Colonel’s Island Terminal in Brunswick.Read more
Hansa Meyer Global Transport 2,800 tonnes of steel
The Bremen branch of Hansa Meyer Global Transport handled the door-to-door transport of steel plates, weighing a total of 2,800 metric tonnes, from China to Germany.Read more
Port of Rotterdam throughput flat, breakbulk on the rise
Ports & TerminalsBreakbulk throughput in the Port of Rotterdam was up by 15 percent in the first nine months of the year, compared to the first three quarters of 2021. The increase was similar within the RoRo...Read more
Port of Antwerp-Bruges breakbulk throughput rises
Port of Antwerp-Bruges has see its breakbulk volumes grow in the third quarter of 2022 together with the total throughput of the unified port. The port unveiled in its third-quarter report that conventional breakbulk grew...Read more
CargoCrew International ships 52 ton engine to China
The Hamburg-based company, CargoCrew International, handled a shipment of a 52-ton ship engine from Germany to China.Read more
Cargo-partner transports yacht from China to South Africa
Cargo-partner’s project cargo team transported a 14,5 metric tonne, privately-owned yacht. Cargo-partner handled the end-to-end transportation of the yacht, from Tianjin, China to the Port of Durban, South Africa.Read more
Sucafina’s solution for shipping coffee: Breakbulk
Sucafina, a sustainable “farm to roaster” coffee company, recently became the first company in 30 years to to ship coffee in breakbulk. To address transit times, shipping costs and container shortages, Sucafina explored options that...Read more
Increasing breakbulk share in the Port of Virginia
Between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, the 2022 financial year, there was a 103.7% increase in break bulk cargo in the Port of Virginia, compared to the previous year. A total of 172,734...Read more
LIPL hauls wagons from India to Malaysia
Logistic Integrators (LIPL) has recently wrapped up, what it called a niche project, moving railway wagons from Hyderabad to Chennai Port and further to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The three units each measured over 20 metres...Read more
Energy is high on the agenda for Port of Rotterdam as breakbulk throughput rises
InterviewEnergy is high on the agenda, energy transition is high on the agenda, says Twan Romeijn, business manager breakbulk & offshore industry at the Port of Rotterdam, when we met him at Breakbulk Europe.Read more
AAL targets flexibility in operations and newbuild program
VideoHitting the mark with the right service is what seems to be the main focus for the multipurpose shipping specialist AAL. Like many others, the company has been forced by the market environment to shift...Read more