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 – completion of hold
The Perdue Terminal
Half completed hold
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 will be a prefered carrier for Charterers having such cargoes.
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 floating rig ‘America’ on MV Lone Star (34,748 dwat Built 2012) moored at CC Mile 179. The cargo is destined for an Eastern Mediterranean port.
MV Lonestar is on time charter from ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Company).
