Breakbulk News

Michael Mierzwa has retired after more than 16 years as executive director of the Port of Galveston.

Port Manatee has opened new gates with widened lanes to provide more space for large project cargoes.

Increased project cargo shipments partially offset declines in bulk shipments through US ports on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.

Debt restructuring at a Santos container terminal that now relies on breakbulk cargo paves the way to a concession extension.

Under the original development master plan, Gwadar was to handle about 100 million tonnes (110.2 million tons) of cargo in 2017, but it is nowhere near achieving that figure.

Asia Maritime Pacific and Sono Shipping have merged operations.

More unrest is on the way to the quays of Brazilian ports as the union representing customs officers accelerates ongoing labor actions that have plagued shippers since summer.

Siemens Wind Power has commissioned the first of two ships designed specifically to support offshore wind farm projects.

The first wind turbine blade manufactured at a new hub in the Port of Hull marks the beginning of regular production at a new facility to support wind energy projects in North Europe.

Russian and global transport companies are in a heated fight for control of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, Russia’s largest stevedore company.

Big disasters require big solutions, as seen in the installation of the world’s largest movable structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

A $12 million infusion of state money will help Philadelphia’s Tioga Marine Terminal continue nearly a half-century of adaptation to changes in shipping markets.

Pennsylvania’s state government plans to provide about $300 million during the next four years to double capacity of the port’s main container terminal and to expand and improve vehicle-handling and breakbulk terminals.

Rickmers Maritime failed to meet the final deadline for an interest payment today, further fueling doubts about the survival of the Singapore-based container ship owner.

Volumes are expected to increase this year.

Singapore owner-charterer was split from holding company last month.

Rickmers Maritime Trust failed to make an interest payment due Tuesday, pushing the Singapore-based Panamax container ship owner closer to the brink of insolvency.

Heavy pieces move through several Lakes ports.

Rickmers Group posted sharply reduced earnings and revenue in the first nine months of 2016.

The first of two long-range supply ships based on a hybrid EcoBox design for offshore installation work was launched by a German shipyard.

Things could be better, but they also could be a lot worse for breakbulk and project cargo shipping in US Gulf ports.

Rickmers Maritime Trust cancelled Wednesday’s scheduled meeting of bondholders that was due to vote on a restructuring plan.

Inbesa America Inc., which operates a large private breakbulk steel terminal at Jacintoport in the Port of Houston, has been acquired by Contanda Steel LLC for an undisclosed price.

Netherlands-based Concordia Group has delivered the first of two specialized roll-on, roll-off ships that have been undergoing conversion to carry wind energy components.

A liquefied natural gas heat exchanger weighing nearly 500 tons was exported via Port Manatee, Florida.

A company has successfully tested a hybrid container designed to make it easier to move breakbulk and oversized cargo.

SAL Heavy Lift has won a contract from the Dutch offshore construction company Van Oord.

Breakbulk and bulk cargo operators Gearbulk and Grieg Star have agreed to form a Norway-based joint venture.

The competition to develop much-needed modern port facilities in Bangladesh has intensified.

Jacksonville port officials have been working to attract project and breakbulk cargo business to the heavy-lift dock at the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.

Deepwater Wind’s $300 million, 30 MW project three miles off Block Island, Rhode Island, is small compared with big onshore and offshore projects at other locations, but it’s seen as a breakthrough for the US market.

Deliveries of ship-to-shore container gantry cranes, which are transported by specialized heavy-lift vessels, rose slightly in 2015.

Cargo volume through US ports on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway was down through September.

Construction is scheduled to start by the end of 2017 on Porto Central.

The struggling multipurpose shipping sector shouldn’t count on a rebound in container and dry-bulk rates for a quick return to profitability.

Steel is the world’s most important industrial material and has direct and indirect impact on breakbulk volumes.

The collapse of Hanjin Shipping has underscored the increasingly high stakes in the project cargo and breakbulk business, which can be risky even in the best of times.

Ports from Miami to Hampton Roads resumed cargo operations Monday.

Vietnam is planning a major new port facility to alleviate congestion at the Da Nang Port complex.

For years, ports have pushed to ensure that all Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund collections are used for dredging and not diverted to other uses.