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 […]
Agriculture & Energy Carriers was the first vessel Operator to officially terminate the U.S. trading ban on vessels that previously had called Cuba, by successfully concluding a Charter of a Bulk Carrier that came open in Cuba after discharging and straight thereafter loaded the vessel in USA. The U.S. previously had a 180 days ban to call U.S. ports […]
AEC had the MV Nalinee Naree, a 33,843 dwat Bulk Carriers Built 2012, under Charter to perform a wheat cargo into Santos, Brazil. So how does the shore grain unloaders really look and work? Well, there are various systems. The ones employed at the ‘Pacifico’ terminal, now bought by Messrs Bunge, are the ones we call ‘sucker’. Instead of discharging with […]
MV AEC Belief (Japanese Built 2004, 33,540 dwt, Open Hatch Box Shaped) loaded a cargo of Bulk Salt for human consumption from Termisa, Brazil to West Africa. The cargo holds are lime washed prior loading in order to protect against corrosion.
AEC loaded the fleet vessel MV Maritime Faith (Japanese Built 2011, 33,166 dwt, Open Hatch Box Shaped) in Brazil with a full cargo of about 32,300 mts Bulk Alumina for Messrs Hydro Alumina AS. The destination for the cargo is Norway. Bulk alumina require very clean holds.
For the second time in August 2016 AEC loads steel pipes. This time on long term chartered vessel MV Bunun Hero at the port of Munda in India. The Bunun Hero is getting used to this kind of cargo having also loaded steel pipes on her maiden voyage from Japan. This time she loaded in […]
AEC is truly present in the dry bulk from agricultural to energy where we are we are a preferred, first class, reliable Carrier. Nothing strange about that when we look at the full company name being Agriculture and Energy Carriers… Additionally, AEC has also been a great option for customers with finished products after various […]
The chartered Supramax, MV Aetolia 58,106 Dwat Built 2010, grab discharged 51,353.09 mts of Bulk Coal at Vila do Conde, North Brazil The grabs utilized have each a capacity of up to 12 cubic meter
With open hatches and box holds the AEC fleet was designed to carry cargoes such as long steel pipes in a safe and efficient manner. “It is always a pleasure when we can utilize our own tonnage on the types of cargoes that they were designed to carry, and in fact this is the third […]