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Your Newsletter For Heavylift, Breakbulk & Project Cargo
Your Newsletter For Heavylift, Breakbulk & Project Cargo
Ocean7 Projects in Suez Canal
Ocean7 Projects vessel the MV Oceanic is seen here passing the Suez Canal fully loaded with windmill blades. The vessel is on its way to the Baltic. A long journey ahead.
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Bolloré Names News MD In Horn of Africa
As of July 2021, Ahmat Abdelkerim is the new Managing Director of the Bolloré Transport & Logistics Horn of Africa cluster. He takes over from Patrick Gerenthon, who has moved on to perform other duties within Bolloré Transport & Logistics.…
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MPP Spot Market Short of Available Tonnage
Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index (TMI) for August 2021 is out. The multipurpose shipping charter rates for this month stand at USD 12,435 according to the index. That’s a TMI year-on-year increase of 91.53 percent and a month-on-month increase of 10.78…
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MPP Charter Rate Increase is Slowing
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index increased to $9,056 per day in July, representing a rise of just 1.4% compared to the 7.1% rise seen in the previous month. Drewry’s Index is up 39% since the start of the year…
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Chipolbrok Launch New MPP Vessel
The first of four newbuild vessels to join Chipolbrok’s fleet has been launched. MV Tai Xing is a self-geared multipurpose vessel built in Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd. It is planned that the vessel will enter Chipolbrok’s operations in December 2021. The…
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AntwerpXL Returns Live & In-person This Year!
AntwerpXL, the first dedicated meet of the global breakbulk and project cargo community in over two years, will return 7-9 December 2021 at the Antwerp Expo, Belgium. The international event, which attracts VIP delegates, exhibitors, and expert speakers from all…
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MPP Spot Market Short of Available Tonnage
Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index (TMI) for August 2021 is out. The multipurpose shipping charter rates for this month stand at USD 12,435 according to the index. That’s a TMI year-on-year increase of 91.53 percent and a month-on-month increase of 10.78…
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MPP Charter Rate Increase is Slowing
The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index increased to $9,056 per day in July, representing a rise of just 1.4% compared to the 7.1% rise seen in the previous month. Drewry’s Index is up 39% since the start of the year…
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MOL Drybulk Ship Trains from Japan to Taiwan
MOL Drybulk recently transported the first 50 new intercity express trains to Taiwan from Japan on one of their vessels. The trains arrived at Hualien Port from Japan last week and could be put into commercial operation by Taiwan Railways…
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Roll Group Busy with Blades
This week, Rolldock Sky was spotted in Singapore while shipping windmill blades from Turkey to Vietnam. The Rolldock Sea was also spotted having loaded the second shipment of…
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Thorco Projects Arrange Breakbulk Shipment from Japan to Australia
Thorco Projects recently coordinated a large breakbulk shipment of Caterpillar and Komatsu machinery equipment as well as steel rails from Japan to Australia. The images show the…
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Scan Global Logistics Opens New Office in South Africa
On 1 August, Scan Global Logistics (SGL) opened a new office in Johannesburg. The new office will strengthen SGL’s position as one of the players within Aid…
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