Conditions in the multipurpose (MPP) vessel sector continue to differ for various types of carriers according to the latest monthly report by Toepfer Transport. The…
UAL BOCS Shipping Line (UBSL) is expanding its breakbulk services to the Caribbean and the East Coast of South America. UBSL Caribbean Lines, a joint…
For the first time in months, the monthly Toepfer MPP Index has shown a sign of normalisation as it remained pretty much level for September.…
Following its delivery earlier this year, BBC Leer, the first in the series of 15 LakerMax multipurpose vessels has made its first call at a…
After vessels AAL Hamburg and AAL Limassol, project heavy-lift carrier, AAL Shipping has welcomed another addition to its Super B-Class vessel fleet. Felix Schoeller, Director…
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers have taken delivery and named its second 62,000-ton multipurpose (MPP) heavy lift vessel, MV Yuan Fu. This follows the earlier delivery…
The seasonal dip experienced by the smaller multipurpose vessels was not enough to change the trajectory of Drewry’s Multipurpose Time Charter Index. Yet again, the…
Heavy-lift project carrier AAL Shipping continued hitting milestones with its Super B-Class multipurpose (MPP) newbuilds. AAL Hamburg, the second vessel in the series is now…
Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG has marked another milestone with its 13,000 dwt Lakermax multipurpose newbuild fleet. Another vessel in the series is nearing…
The Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company, Chipolbrok, placed a new order at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) for two 38,000-dwt heavy-lift multipurpose (MPP) vessels.…
The Maritime Disciplinary Court of the Netherlands has suspended the licence of the Russian first officer sailing aboard the MPP Muntgracht when the vessel hit…
Project heavy lift carrier, AAL Shipping, marked a milestone with its 32,000 dwt Super B-Class newbuild, AAL Limassol completing its maiden voyage. The vessel delivered…
The faith in project cargo demand outweighing the available MPP tonnage is keeping the Toepfer Transport’s MPP Index (TMI) on the upwards trajectory. In its…
A novel wind propulsion system will be tested on a 124-metre multipurpose vessel later this year. Wind propulsion experts GT Wings have partnered with A2O…
The demand for larger multipurpose vessels nudged the Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index upwards again above the forecast of the consultancy. In its latest monthly…
SAL Heavy Lift, a Harren Group company and a member of the JSI Alliance has reached a major milestone in the construction of the first…
With July winding down, the summer doldrums in the multipurpose vessel sector seem to be less effective than expected. In its latest report, the Hamburg-based…
Just six months after United Heavy Lift launched the UHL Fresh, the Hamburg-based heavy-lift shipping company has now named the last vessel in the series…
Demand for tonnage in the multipurpose vessel (MPV) space is expected to grow, but the newbuild order activity is still not following the expected trajectory.…
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index has once again gone above the mark forecasted by the shipping consultancy, and the upward trend is expected to…