AEC concluded a business with the UK Charterers ED&F Man Sugar to carry a full cargo of Sugar from USA to Lebanon. The cargo was loaded in the Mississipi River on MV Ana-M, a 27,364 dwat built 1997, and discharged at Tripoli, Lebanon.
Tripoli, Lebanon
On the 20th February 2014 at 1615 hours at Changshu – China, AEC took delivery of their latest vessel MV AEC Diligence.
The vessels is briefly described as follows:
MV AEC DILIGENCE
32,189MT DWAT ON 10.55M SSW – TPC 41.09
(32,872MT DWAT ON 10.717M TIMBER)
BAHAMAS FLAG
BUILT APRIL JAPAN 2002, SAIKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, JAPAN
DOUBLE HULL/BOX/OPEN HATCH/FULLY FITTED LOGGER
LOA 171.59M / BEAM 27.05M
5 HOLDS/5 HATCHES
GRAIN 40,323 CBM / BALE 39,839 CBM
4 X 30.5MT CRANES
GRT 19,882 / NRT 10,780
CO2 FITTED IN HOLDS
ALL DETAILS ABOUT
The vessel was sent on her first employment loading a full cargo of steel pipes which her box hold are ideal for.
MV AEC Diligence pipes loading
Agriculture & energy Carriers are not only carrying bulk cargoes.
Recently the MV AEC Belief successfully carried a full load of projects cargo, loaded both under and on deck, from China and South Korea to North Brazil.
MV AEC Belief’s open hatch/box holds design made it the ideal vessel for the job.
The winter has been cold in the North and it has been nothing different in the St. Lawrence area. Nevertheless AEC loaded a cargo of bulk wheat at Montreal on MV Koszalin, a 2012 built 38,056 dwat Bulk Carrier. The cargo went to two ports in the much warmer North Brazil.
While the long running AEC period charter vessel MV Four Aida was discharging scrap in Iskenderun between the 13th and the 16th of January 2014 the newly chartered long term period vessel MV Ephesus arrived to load Steel Products for Asia. Both vessels sailed 16th January 2014, with the Four Aida already being scheduled to return in February 2014.
The 1993 built 26,446 mt dwat Japanese bulk Bulk Carrier, MV Falcon Trader, will be added to AEC’s fleet under a medium term Charter Party. The vessel is expected to deliver in South America during January 2014.
The 2010 built 32,047 mt dwat Japanese built Bulk Carrier, MV Ephesus, has been added to AEC’s fleet under a long term Time Charter. The vessel delivered in Alexandria on the 11th of January 2014.
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AEC is acquiring a 32,500 dwat Japanese built Handysize Logger/Bulk Carrier with expected delivery/take over during February 2014.
‘This acquisition will complete our 2013 investment strategy which is very satisfactory. The vessel is Japanese built and in great condition.’ says Mr. Thomas Mayr head of AEC’s S & P department.
‘Our team and our investors have performed as a clockwork, which have given us the possibility to get the timing right and create a great base for AEC for coming years’ says CFO Eduardo de Paiva Sa Freitas.
AEC has finalized and signed an important debt financing package with DVB Bank SE.
‘We have reached yet another important milestone by concluding the financing package via DVB. The financing forms an important part of AEC’s strategic plan and fleet expansion program and we are pleased to work with one of the world’s most experienced and leading shipping banks’ says CFO Mr. Eduardo Sa Freitas.
DVB Bank SE is a leading provider of financing and advisory services in the global transportation market, especially in the segments of aviation, maritime, and land transport.
AEC is gradually expanding in the Supramax segment and recently MV Spring Hawk (55,688dwt Built 2010) and MV Desert Condor (56,174dwt Built 2011) were chartered to carry agriculture products from Brazil to Morocco and Algeria, a trade where AEC is constantly active involving Handysize, Handymax and Supramax vessels.