Nine-month breakbulk throughput soars at Port of Antwerp
Breakbulk throughput volumes at the Port of Antwerp have shown a jump during the first nine months of the year. Breakbulk has grown by 62.7 percent reaching 8.3 million tonnes during the period that came...Read more
Port of Rotterdam’s breakbulk throughput above 2019 figures
Port of Rotterdam has certainly put the pandemic behind it as its breakbulk throughput figures for the year so far have passed throughput in 2019, which was a record year. The port has reported an...Read more
Project Cargo Summit preview with Ahlers and G2 Ocean
It is less than a week to go until experts from across the chain join us in ProMedia Studios in Rotterdam for the next edition of the Project Cargo Summit. In the lead-up to the...Read more
Drewry lifts MPV Index as rates slowdown is short-lived
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index (MPV Index) jumped almost 7 percent in August, beating the shipping consultancy’s forecast of a slower rise. To remind, the shipping consultancy Drewry expected the index to edge up...Read more
Port NOLA resumes breakbulk ops after Hurricane Ida
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) resumed limited cargo and vessel operations, beginning with breakbulk vessel cargo, September 2, 2021, just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category...Read more
Port of Rotterdam white paper looks into breakbulk market development
Breakbulk sector has not been spared by the Covid-19 pandemic that has impacted the world. However, there are whispers of roaring twenties, a new commodities super cycle as signs of economic recovery emerge.Read more
North Sea Port breakbulk volumes slip in H1
North Sea Port reported a drop in breakbulk transhipment volumes during the first half of the year that actually showed signs of partial recovery. Read more
Drewry: MPV charter rates going above 2008 peak
The UK-based shipping consultancy Drewry expects charter hire rates for the multipurpose and heavylift fleet to continue to rise from their current peak for the remainder of the year. Read more
Port of Antwerp breakbulk volumes continue to rise
The Port of Antwerp’s breakbulk volumes for the first six months of 2021 have risen to the levels achieved in the first half of 2019. Following a period of adversity, breakbulk continued its growth during...Read more
Drewry forecasts rates rise to continue in July
The UK-based shipping consultancy Drewry noted continued rise in rates across all sectors lifting its Multipurpose Time Charter Index by 7.1 percent in June. Read more
AAL services over 30 shippers in one sailing
ShippingPRESS RELEASE – The AAL Kembla recently set sail from Rotterdam to Shanghai loaded with 15,000 tonnes of breakbulk and steel commodity cargoes, including private yachts, a mobile harbour crane, 16 power transformers, a dredger...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen starts calling Arica to target mining market
ShippingPRESS RELEASE – Targeting the local mining industry, Wallenius Wilhelmsen will start monthly calls in Arica port in Chile. “Within easy reach of Southern Peru’s mining hub, the Chilean port is strategically located for shipments...Read more
New air freight business Samskip Air launched
Air freightSamskip has established Samskip Air, a new air freight division at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The new business unit is tasked with growing the company’s existing air freight volumes as well as establishing new...Read more
Antwerp sees sharp rise in breakbulk volume
Ports & TerminalsThe breakbulk segment in Antwerp had its best three months since the second quarter of 2019. Antwerp’s breakbulk volume has taken heavy hits in the past two years but in the past quarter, it was...Read more
MSC ships 11 wagons across the Atlantic
ShippingMSC has shipped 11 ballast wagons from Antwerp to Montevideo in a single shipment. To accommodate the wagons, a bed of 24 fourty-foot flat racks was created, generating a surface area of nearly 675 square...Read more
Hyundai Glovis plans to double its breakbulk volume
Ro/roHyundai Glovis is expanding its cargo business to use its pure car and truck carriers for breakbulk transport to diversify its business portfolio, reports the Korea Herald. The ro/ro carrier aims to double its volume...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen reactivates final three vessels from cold layup
ShippingPRESS RELEASE – Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate the last three of its vessels that were placed in cold layup last spring due to the COVID19 pandemic. Reactivation will take place in the third...Read more
Port of Vancouver USA handles record amount of wind turbine blades
The Port of Vancouver USA has had a record-breaking year in 2020 booking the highest returns in its 108-year history. Revenues totalled USD 50 million, which is a 15% increase from the previous year. Wind...Read more