The Japanese New Building, MV Ciara Enterprise, has been added to the AEC fleet. ‘We continue to focus on quality tonnage with the right specifications. Our client base is built on first class quality service, so we always make sure that our fleet correspond to that profile. The MV Ciara Enterprise was built at the Shin Kurushima […]
Assisting the Drybulk market is the recovering coal volumes. However, by the end of March Cyclone Debbie flooded much of the rail network between coal mines and ports in Queensland, Australia which is obstructing the Queensland coal export. This despite Hay Point port has reopened. Aurizon operates four rail networks in Queensland: Goonyella, Blackwater, Newland and […]
AEC’s long term period chartered vessel MV Maritime Faith arrived at Port Sudan on 17th March to discharge a US Aid cargo of about 28,000 Sorghum in Bulk for the UN World Food Program. The cargo which was bagged on shore was discharged in good condition and ahead of schedule. “It is nice when […]
As part of AEC’s steel program MV Lady Damla, a Japanese Imabari 28,749 Dwt Built 2008 4 x 30.5 mts cranes, loaded a cargo of steel coils in Itaguai, Brazil to Setubal, Portugal. Each coil is carefully lowered by the vessel’s cranes into the holds and from there moved to the right spot by a […]
The Supramax MV Santa Angelina, under time charter to AEC, recently discharged almost 51,000 metric tons of coal at Vila do Conde. The cargo was loaded at Puerto Drummond, Colombia which is one of the leading coal exporting ports in Colombia. The coal is discharged at Vila do Conde via grabs attached to the vessel’s […]
AEC are specialists in the Pig Iron trade and recently loaded the MV IDC Diamond. Pig Iron is an intermediate product of the iron ore smelting process and is produced from the first smelting of Iron Ore. Often now also used for the production of Grey Iron which is a type of Cast Iron with […]
Argentina and Brazil are among the world’s top grain-producing and exporting countries. With Argentina’s planting now complete and Brazil’s harvest steadily progressing, along with the fact that Brazil is set for another record soybean crop in 2017, the east coast south America (ECSA) grain season is expected to see a rise to healthier levels in […]
In January, AEC time-chartered vessel MV Molat loaded Kaolin in bulk at Santarem in the Amazon River destined for Antwerp, Belgium. The Kaolin is loaded in to the vessel’s holds via shore spouts. Kaolin, a type of soft white clay rich in the mineral kaolinite, has various industrial uses including in the production of paint, […]
The Amazon River has always been a fascinating place. It is the largest concentration of fresh water in the world. The river’s size and depth are astonishing in many areas and amazingly stretches from the Atlantic Ocean through Brazil and Peru the whole way to Ecuador. However, depending droughts and floods the river level can vary […]