Entries by Lars-Peter Madsen

Cleaning up Houston !

The good vessel MV AEC Diligence started loading a full cargo of steel scrap in the port of Houston. The vessel is headed on the long sea voyage from Houston, down the Caribbean, along the North East coast of South American, cross the Atlantic, pass the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar on starboard, keeping clear […]

AEC loads bagged rice at Kaohsiung

AEC’s period vessel MV Nord Taipei 33,142 dwat built 2011 loads just over 23,000 mt of bagged rice at Kaohsiung destined for West Africa. Portions of the bags are hoisted up from barge alongside and into the vessel’s holds. The Stevedores neatly stack and organize the cargo for optimal stability and stow.

AEC discharges soya bean meal at Buenaventura, Colombia

AEC’s time chartered vessel MV Orient Target 33,755 dwat built 2009 discharges cargo of soya bean meal at Buenaventura, Colombia. Discharging by shore grabs to hoppers alongside into trucks waiting. Also discharging by suction tower directly unto shore.

MV CS Sarafina reaching discharging berth

MV CS Sarafina was chartered for AEC’s grain program. The vessel’s Head Owners are fellow Bahamian Shipowner Messrs Campbell Shipping. The vessel entered port on an amazingly beautiful and completely calm Brazilian night.

A bit of everything !

AEC’s period charter vessel MV Lila II, a 34,604 dwat built 2012, went to sea with what can be defined as ‘a bit of everything’ onboard.

Permission for ‘sail-by’ !

During the week 20th to 24th of May, Copenhagen host one of the largest shipping events in Europe. ‘Befragterklubben’ dinner on Friday the 24th of May is the main event. However, the world’s shipping professionals gather during the week for meetings and many private events. Jesper Lollegaard, AEC’s Chartering Manager in London, was early on […]

AEC adds yet another Coal Customer

The chartered MV Berge Snowdon, 37,790 dwat Bulk Carrier built 2015 carried yet another coal load into Brazil serving a new Client and Charterer. The vessel carried about 36,300 mts of bulk coal. ‘Yet another smooth operation and this time with a new client’ says Andre Spernega, Chartering Manager at AEC. ‘We where also pleased […]

Logs at Tauranga, New Zealand

AEC’s period vessel, MV Alpha Bulker 32,741 Dwat Logger loaded a full cargo of logs in Tauranga.

Sunflower Pellets to China

29,047 mts of Sunflower Pellets were loaded in Nikolayev, Ukraine for Southern China. The vessel proceeded via Bosporus Straight and via the Suez Canal. After the Red Sea Passage, Security Guards boards the vessel to ensure a safe passage through the Gulf of Aden towards Singapore. The vessel is bunkered with heavy fuel (IFO) and […]