Steady demand from various cargo segments is keeping the multipurpose (MPP) vessel sector stable, the latest monthly report by Toepfer Transport shows. The Hamburg-based shipbroker…
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…
A shipping company specialised in breakbulk and heavy lift cargo transportation, Spliethoff, has decided to change the narrative of the summer and placed an order…
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…
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…
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…
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…
German shipowner Carsten Rehder has placed an order with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) for the construction of up to eight multipurpose vessels.
The ongoing issues in the Red Sea have created a complex situation for project cargo transport and all the parties involved, shippers, carriers, and freight…
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index has beaten the consultancy’s prediction from last month helped by the jump experienced by larger multipurpose vessels.
The heavy-lift shipping segment is experiencing a revival, propelled by the burgeoning wind energy industry and its need for specialized vessels to transport oversized cargo.…
MPP liner services provider Intermarine has expanded its fleet of multipurpose vessels with the addition of two workhorses, MV Industrial Ursula and MV Industrial Katharina.…
The construction of heavy-lift multipurpose vessels ordered by SAL Heavy Lift at the Wuhu Shipyard in China. The company has recently confirmed the order for…
The latest edition of the multipurpose Market Sentiment Index, issued by One World Shipbrokers, is experiencing its January renaissance, rising above the October 2023 mark.…
Despite reported volatility in the multipurpose vessel sector, the Toepfer Transport MPP Index has stopped the fall for the first time since June 2023. While…
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index has continued its modest climb in the last month of 2023, although, it came short of the predicted level.…