Entries by Lars-Peter Madsen

Further expansion of AEC’s chartering team

Effective from the 15th of April 2013 AEC has engaged Mr. Andrew Thompson in the Chartering department. Mr. Thompson comes with decades of Drybulk Chartering experience and will work for AEC from London. “We are pleased with Andrew as an addition to our Chartering team and believe he is the right match for AEC and […]

Steel cargo from Mobile to the Caribbean

AEC ships Steel Cargo on the period vessel Mv Assimina II, a trader Type Built 2007. The cargo loaded included bundles of wide flange beas, channels, angles and flat bars from Mobile, USA to Hunduras, Guetamala, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic and Trinidad.    

AEC discharge Petcoke in Teesport, UK

The long term AEC period vessel, MV Four Diamond, 34,053 dwat Box Shaped Bulker, Built 2011, discharged a full cargo of Petcoke in Teesport on the River Tees. The discharging was performed with shore cranes and grabs via hoppers into trucks. The cargo had been loaded in Wilmington, Delaware for account Messrs Energy. After Teesport […]

Pig Iron is carried by AEC from Brazil to Mexico

MV Daiwan Wisdom, a 31,960 dwat Hakodate Built 2012, on charter from Messrs Pacific Basin, completed discharging of a full cargo of 30,000 mts Pig Iron in Mexico. The cargo had been loaded in Brazil with shore gantry cranes and buckets and was discharged in Mexico with shore grabs specially designed for Pig Iron. AEC […]

Soya Beans are shipped by AEC from the U.S. East Coast to Venezuela

AEC’s period vessel MV Assimina II, a 30,540 dwat Trader Type Built 2007, loaded a cargo of Soya Beans at Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. for account Agri Commodity Trade. The cargo was loaded with spout at the Perdue Terminal. The vessel arrived Vennezeula in the beginning of February for discharging.         Spout loading […]

AEC Charter yet another NYK vessel for the cargo program

 AEC chartered NYK’s MV Atlantic Laurel (33,271 dwat Built Hakodate 2012) to carry a full cargo of petcoke from Port Arthur, USA to Barra de Coqueiros, Brazil. Upon arrival discharging port, AEC will fit their grabs on the vessel to discharge the cargo. With decades of inhouse experience with this trade and it’s requirements, AEC […]

AEC loads DDGS in Mississippi River

With the sailing of MV Lone Star from the Mississippi River, on the 7th of January 2013, AEC has loaded their first DDGS cargo (Destillers Dried Grains with Solubles). DDGS is a by-product from the corn fermentation process and is used as animal feed. The cargo of 26,200 mts was loaded alongside the Cooper Consolidated […]

Addition to AEC’s Operations Team

AEC has engaged Mr. Vaibhav Mehta (Vic) as Operator. Mr. Mehta comes with a years of experience with Drycargo operational work from one of the worlds largests shipowner/operator NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) and will work from AEC’s Bahamas office. “We are pleased with the addition to our Operations team which goes hand in hand with […]

AEC finish the year of 2012 with high activity

AEC ended 2012 on a ‘busy note’ shipping Corn Argentina/Morocco, Agriproducts Argentina/Peru, Grains Black Sea/Spain, various wheat shipments Argentina/Brazil, Byproducts Miss River/Turkey, Time Charter Mediterranean/India etc. AEC has obtained the further expected solid foothold in the Drybulk market via the vast experience contained in the company and the worldwide industry network. 2013 will be an […]

AEC takes modern Handysize Period Charter

MV Marcarolina, a modern 35,000 mt dwat double-hull box hold craned bulker built 2010, is chartered by AEC for on Period Charter. She delivered to AEC in South Korea at the end of November and is presently employed carrying steel products. MV Marcarolina fits nicely into the AEC fleet of modern Handysize vessels.