AEC’s close South America focus has lately been enhanced with fertilizer imports from China to Brazil.

‘We have a very close relationship with the Charterers and we provide them with the needed ‘hands on, full package’ operational job. Our company profound knowledge in South America benefit our clients every day’ says Jose Cavalieri from the South America Operations Department.

Discharging of Ammonium Sulfate with grabs into shore hoppers and on to trucks.

The nice design of the Japanese MV AEC Ability II resulted in the perfect stowage of Wood Pulp in Sete, France.

‘This is where these ships differentiates themselves. It is really a minimum of dunnage that is required to load a vessel that is so perfect for the cargo’ says Jesper Lollesgaard, Chartering Manager, London.

Stevedores loading Wood Pulp with ‘spreader’.

When AEC load grains every inch of space is utilized.

The charter vessel MV Arklow Spray, a 34,905 dwat Bulk Carrier built 2013,  was loaded with a full bulk wheat cargo.

 

The AEC ‘crew’ has decades of experience with the supply of wheat for the Brazilian wheat mills. This week AEC sponsored the wheat conference ABRITRIGO held in Campinas, Brazil alongside names like ADM, Cargill, CHS and many more.

Despite the recent downturn in Brazil, there is now more optimism and hope that things can only get better for the country. However, it is not only a wish as key figures indeed shows an improvement from the lows.

For the country’s agribusiness, this year has seen a bumber soyabean crop with Brazil sitting as the world’s leading soya bean exporter.

The total value of Brazil’s agribusiness has increased steadily over two decades.

However, wheat is mainly imported so the interest at Abitrigo is merely focused on the Brazil internal recovery and the population’s buying power when it comes to bread, cookies and pasta.

The positive drop in the country’s inflation rate is something that is bringing some optimism back.

 

AEC takes the largest vessel to date to serve their close clients.

‘We continue to deliver and prove our ability to provide our customers whith what they need’ says Jesper Lollesgaard, Chartering Manager in AEC, London and continues ‘AEC ‘crew’ has all the knowledge, experience and drive needed to do any trade in world in any size, but we tend to focus on our core areas and that can sometimes have a large variety in size’.

The Kamarmax chartered for short period is the MV Xin Hua 82.269 mt dwat Built 2012 7/7 holds/hatches and 3,429,930 cbf grain capacity.