AEC ends the year on a busy note
The end of the year continue to be busy with about 400.000mts of cargo onboard modern Handysize ships.
Highlighting the diversity of the customer base the cargoes being shipped are petroleum coke, coal, sugar, soya beans/meals and fertilizers to name a few commodities.
The USG has been busy area with six Handysize loading in December together with the activity from the U.S. East Coast and North Coast of South America.
Example of shipments being performed:
65.000mts of bulk Petcoke Houston/Brazil in two shipments
30.000mts of bulk Sugar from WCCA to USEC
30.000mts of Corn from the Black Sea to Tunisia
29.500mts of Soya beans from Texas to Tunisia
32.000mts of Soya bean meals from Texas to Egypt
62.350mts of Coal from the USEC to Morocco in two shipments
60.000mts of Soya Bean Meals ex Mississippi to WCSA and WCCA in two shipments
30.000mts of Urea from the Arabian Gulf to Brazil
32.000mts of Coal from Venezuela to the Caribbean
26.000mts of Coke from Columbia to Brazil
With the support of our Charterers and brokers the December volume underlines AEC’s increasing market share especially in the American market and we are proud to provide competitive freight services paired with excellent operations in this segment to our valuable clients.
We wish all our business contacts and friends a Merry Christmas.
Claas Grafe – Chartering Manager
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AEC takes delivery of Box Shaped Open Hatch vessel
AEC continue to be active with vessels transactions and during the first week of December a Japanese Double Hull Open Hatch Box Shaped Bulk Carrier entered into the AEC fleet in Vancouver, Canada.
The vessel is built in 2006 with 37,504 mts deadweight and has 36 mts cranes. On delivery the vessel entered into a long term Time Charter to a third party.
All owned vessels in the AEC fleet have Double Hulls, which do not only improve the general safety, but also reduce the vessels’ holds maintenance and result in faster, easier and less expensive hold cleaning between cargoes.
The fact that some of the AEC vessels are Open Hatch and fully Box Shaped makes AEC a player in the General and Project Cargo markets as well and furthermore create better flexibility and the possibility of better financial returns.
Thomas P. Mayr – S & P
Strengthening of the South American AEC Team
AEC core trading regions have been, and still are, North America and South America, where the company holds strong ties to the local important exporters and importers. AEC forward cargo book is usually mainly based on these continents.
To strengthen the AEC team and to comply with customers demand for AEC freight services, agreements has been made with Mr. Anderson Luis da Silva and Mr. Jose Cavalieri to join.
Mr. Anderson Luiz da Silva has previously worked for Clipper Shipping, Armada Shipping and Copenship in Sao Paulo and has via his previous jobs worked directly together with several individuals forming part of the current AEC team.
‘It is with great pleasure that we welcome Anderson to our Group. I have had the honor of working closely together with him in the past, so I’m confident he will add significant value as he joins us with a wealth of South American Chartering experience’ say Mr. Lars-Peter Madsen – CEO.
Da Silva will start 1st of February 2015 and has been nominated Chartering Manager of South America.
Mr. Jose Cavalieri has previously worked for Steinweg and Copenship, Sao Paulo and will work in the Operations Department as from 8th of December 2014.
‘We welcome a young, smart and well educated man like Jose and are positive that he will enhance our services towards our clients’ says Mr. Peter J. Pecry – Head of Operations.
Quality AEC Fleet Management
AEC has since it’s inception had a very close relationship with Messrs Seaquest and Seaflag, being AEC’s Technical Managers and New Building Supervisors. Despite of the outsourcing of the technical side, working with Seaquest has been like working closely with an internal Technical Department.
The fleet vessel, MV AEC Belief 33,540 dwat box shaped/open Hatch Built 2004, is up for Drydocking and Special Survey and has been fixed for the last voyage before Drydocking. This week the vessel had a Port State Control visit in Brazil and passed without any deficiencies. Furthermore the vessel has not had any off-hire days since it was delivered to AEC back in August 2013.
This kind of quality Ship owning is what we all work so hard every day to achieve, so there are good reasons to be proud.
Thomas P. Mayr – S & P and Peter J. Pecry – Head of Operations
Sugar loading in Colombia, El Salvador and Guatamarla
AEC’s long term period vessel, MV Mardinik a 33,918 Dwat Bulk Carrier Built 2011, is loading bulk sugar ex West Coast South America and West Coast Central America namely Buenaventura, Acajutla and Puerto Quetzal.
The sugar is going to be discharged in the United States.
Bulk Sugar loading in Buenaventura
Logs shipments on own tonnage
AEC has entered into the logs trade with their owned Japanese built vessel MV AEC Diligence.
Complete full holds with logs
Logs loaded on deck and well secured
Launching of the first AEC New Building
On the 12nd of September the naming and launching ceremony of AEC’s first New Building, MV AEC Ability, took place at Naikai Zosen Corporation’s shipyard in Innoshima, Japan.
MV AEC Ability is 37,860 mt DWAT on an amazing shallow draft of 10 meters SW only and has all the latest ECO features including Electronic Main Engine.
Mrs. Raquel Carolina Bellani, the Godmother of the vessel, performed the Christening in front of the attending delegation including Mr. Neil McLaughlin from DVB Bank.
The vessel rolled in the water the traditional and old fashion way.
CEO of AEC, Mr. Lars-Peter Madsen, praised the close relationship between Naikai Zosen and AEC, and the high building quality of the yard, in a speech held during the ceremony lunch that followed the launching.
MV AEC Ability ready to get launched
AEC going strong in Texas
AEC is extending the shipping program from Texas being the most active region for the company during 2014.
About 30,000 mt of Petroleum Coke was loaded on MV Delta, a 34,175 mt DWAT modern Bulk Carriers Built 2012, at the KM Deepwater Terminal (KinderMorgan) in Houston. The cargo is destined for Tunesia.
Apart of the traditional North and South American cross trading, this underlines AEC’s ability to constantly offer competitive freight coverage for transatlantic routes to its core customers.
Spout Petroleum Coke loading on MV Delta
AEC’s Japanese New Building program well under way
AEC fleet expansion program, with first class Japanese double-hull ECO vessels, is well on the way with the first launching taken place this month of September.
‘We are really exited about the quality, design and size of our new vessels, which we believe will be the new standard in our segment. These vessels are superior in all respects, have high liquidity and great earning potential’ says CEO Lars-Peter Madsen
AEC has only been dealing with first class Japanese yards, which also means that the New Building program is right on schedule without any surprises.