Topic: Multipurpose shipping

Shipping Charter rates pass USD 7,000 mark

The charter rates for multipurpose vessels continue their positive trend into the new year and have broken through the USD 7,000 mark. The average day…
Shipping Construction of Spliethoff’s new offshore vessels begins

Construction on Spliethoff’s new B-Type heavy-lift vessels has begun with a steel cutting ceremony at the Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou, China. The vessels will combine…
SeaIntelligence: Containers crunch to persist into January

The incredible shortage of empty containers will at least last into January, analyst firm SeaIntelligence Consulting states. And to end the situation by then, the…
Shipping Spliethoff adds 10th P-type heavy-lift vessel

Spliethoff has acquired another P14-type multipurpose heavy-lift vessel on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. The vessel is renamed ‘Pottersgracht’ and reflagged to the Dutch register.
Shipping dship Carriers launches new multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie

dship Carriers is expecting a new vessel, the F-500 type multipurpose vessel MV Ronnie. The vessel has just been launched at the yard and is…
Shipping CMA CGM freezes bookings for Asia-Europe trade lane

CMA CGM has informed its customers that it will not accept bookings for the transport of containers from Asia to Northern Europe (Asia-Europe trade lane)…

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Shipping Recovery of charter rates gains momentum

The recovery of the charter rates is gaining momentum. The average charter rate for a 12,500 dwt multipurpose vessel in December increased by 202 dollars…
Shipping Container liners turn to multipurpose vessels in search of capacity

Container liners are chartering multipurpose vessels to close supply gaps as demand peaks and rates soar. “The dearth of cellular container tonnage in the charter…
Shipping Drewry launches time charter index, rates keep rising

Drewry has launched the Multipurpose Time Charter Index, which tracks one-year period charter rates across a basket of vessel types and sizes and forecasts the…
Shipping Svend Andersen: “If you’re not optimistic, you shouldn’t enter the business”

SAL Heavy Lift this week announced it has bought a majority stake in Intermarine. When asked by SAL CEO Martin Harren, Svend Andersen decided to…
Shipping Charter rates continue upward trend

The charter rates for multipurpose vessels continue to crawl back up from the low levels of June and July this year. Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index…
Charter rates Charter rates claw back slowly

The charter rates for multipurpose vessels keep slowly improving from their downfall earlier this year. In the latest edition of Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index, the…
Multipurpose shipping DEKC develops breakbulk vessel with modular, exchangeable engine room

Engineering company DEKC has developed a new ship which can help shipowners invest in their fleet without having to worry if today’s choices will still…
Charter rates Charter rates bounce back a little

The charter rates for multipurpose vessels have bounced back a little, shows Toepfer Multipurpose Shipping Index. Rates increased slightly in August to USD 6,492 per…
Shortsea Wilson CFO: “There should be fewer, bigger players”

The European shortsea sector has been struggling for over a decade. “Consolidation is much needed, says Wilson Shipping’s CFO Stig Vangen. “There should be fewer,…
Charter rates Charter rates have bottomed out

The charter rates for multipurpose vessels have bottomed out. Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index for July shows the rates bouncing back a notch to 6,391 dollars…
Charter rates Decline in charter rates starts to slow

Average charter rates kept falling in the past month but the decline has significantly slowed in pace. In June, the average day rate for a…
Newbuilding Wagenborg’s second EasyMax vessel is taking shape

PRESS RELEASE – Following the installation of the bow in March, Wagenborg has now installed the bridge deck of its second EasyMax multipurpose vessel. The…
Fleet expansion BBC Chartering takes delivery of first newbuild vessel

BBC Chartering has taken delivery of the MV BBC St. Petersburg, the first of six new F500 multipurpose vessels to join the company’s fleet. The…
“Project cargo demand stays positive if virus contained by Q4”

Drewry expects demand growth for breakbulk and project cargo to stay positive if the coronavirus is contained by the fourth quarter of 2020. “We expect…