Entries by Lars-Peter Madsen

Panama Canal’s Chartered Training Vessel Transits New Locks

Long-planned event part of activity ahead of the Inauguration of the Expanded Canal; Anticipation and excitement grows as June 26 Inauguration approaches. Panama City, Panama, June 9, 2016 – The Panama Canal’s chartered vessel transited the new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks today. These transits, performed by the Neopanamax dry bulk carrier MN Baroque, are part […]

A Captain with an eye for photography

MV Ability II (37,504 dwt open hatch/box shaped 4 x 36 mts cranes) passed through the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Captain captured the beautiful and peaceful stetting (above).

AEC specializes in high quality Japanese vessels

AEC provides a highly professional, differentiated quality services in the Drybulk and General Cargo segments. Not only does our company have highly qualified and professional Management and staff, but the company’s first class vision is fully integrated on all levels and complimented with a constant focus on a quality fleet to meet all the needs of our clients and ensure the […]

San Lorenzo, Argentina

AEC has always been very active with shipments out of Argentina. The River Plate is the most active area with many terminals from a wide range of Shippers. Recently MV Pacific Calm loaded 36,160 mts of cargo from our friends Messrs ACA’s terminal in San Lorenzo. MV Pacific Calm at the ACA Terminal MV Pacific […]

The Brazilian Parliament votes in favor of Presidential impeachment

As mentioned in our AEC News input December 2015 (‘Interesting times in South America’ – http://aecarriers.com/interesting-times-in-south-america/ ), also Brazil was overdue for changes. On Sunday the 17th of April 2016 In Brasilia, a vast majority of Brazil’s lower house voted in favor of the impeachment of the current President Dilma Rousseff, less than two years after her […]

Packaged timber on deck and in the cargo holds

AEC have successfully loaded vessels that have boxshaped holds and are ‘log fitted’ on deck with full cargoes of packed Timber. The cargoes in all the vessels cargo holds and on deck.  

More Supramax action

AEC has become more active in the Supramax market as well. 2016 started with four vessels in action from USG and the North Coast of South America. ‘We have become more active in the Supramax segment over the course of 2015’ says Chartering Manager Claas Grafe, who is in charge of the U.S. market for AEC. […]