Breakbulk News

Arkon Shipping manages a fleet of more than 120 seagoing vessels.

Beyond the headline numbers of multi-billion-dollar investments, Belt and Road is an opaque concept.

The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway system is reopening this week.

This week Bahri opened a previously announced office in Houston’s “Energy Corridor.”

The additional ship is the Clipper Marlene.

Ikonship’s six ships will join Ocean7’s fleet in a combined operation.

The ships have been dubbed as the R-Class.

Following a poor year in breakbulk cargo handling in many ports across Europe, terminals in Rotterdam and Ghent are now seeing some positive signals.

“This is the first modern port to be built along the Delaware River in more than 50 years.”

ALE was contracted in January to install the turbine.

The mockup will weigh 104 metric tons.

Consolidation of breakbulk carriers continues to gain speed.

Heavy-lift vessels have faced a challenging market owing to the low oil price combined with a shift to subsea installation.

"You can’t have enough tracks."

Rickmers did not give financial details of the transaction.

The crane’s first lift was part of a large Caterpillar mining shovel.

Since Intermarine announced plans to renew its fleet, the global project industry has been in a slump that caused carriers to re-evaluate vessel orders.

Customs and Border Protection proposed on Jan. 18 to revise almost 30 interpretative rulings on the Jones Act.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services is positioning itself to capitalize on project cargo in India.

Blue Water Shipping and Bremer Reederei E&B have formed a joint venture.

Aluminum production has shifted to the Middle East, Russia, and especially China, and away from traditional consumption centers in the United States and Europe.

Bechtel’s Engineered Logistics initiative seeks to take the company’s 118 years of experience and knowledge and leverage it with drones, simulation models, and other technology.

European ports continue to invest in breakbulk and fiercely compete for every ton of cargo.

Global shipping consultant Drewry says late 2017 could bring “the first signs of recovery” for the beleaguered multipurpose industry.

Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt have established a joint pool with an initial 14 vessels.

The cranes will be used by DP World, which is working with the eastern Canada port to more than double annual capacity.

A new industrial assembly site at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 port on the North Sea has shipped out its first monopiles.

The thinning of the Arctic ice cap has created a new route for carriers of project cargo and other shipments.

Heavy-lift cargo airlines Antonov and Volga-Dnepr have gone their separate ways.

Multipurpose carriers may see “the first signs of recovery” by late 2017.

Port Tampa Bay commissioners have approved a contract for construction of a second berth for breakbulk and bulk operations.

What makes this shipment unusual is the route and the timing.

Breakbulk carriers share a problem common to other ocean carriers: too many ships for too little demand.

The joint venture will be jointly controlled by Gearbulk and Grieg Star.

Breakbulk carrier BBC Chartering has added a monthly service between Southeast Asia and Australasia.

Carriers, ports say increases will force shippers to seek alternatives.

Rickmers Maritime Trust’s future became even bleaker Wednesday.

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.