Breakbulk News

Grupo Murchison and Neltume Ports have formed a joint venture to operate the Port of Mobile’s new ro-ro terminal, expected to open in early 2021.

Zeamarine sheds its most modern ships as United Group strengthens its position in a slowly improving market.

Economic uncertainty eases, but overcapacity and changes in fleet makeup continue to pressure the MPV/HL sector.

German super-heavy carrier SAL announces C-suite additions and a digitization push as the outlook for 2020 stabilizes.

With its acquisition of ALE complete, Mammoet will own the world's largest fleet of heavy lifting and transport equipment, outstripping global competitors Sarens and Fagioli.

The Port of Duluth-Superior sees growth opportunities in wind, breakbulk, and project cargo, and is investing heavily in Clure Terminal.

New spending bill extends the production tax credit for wind energy projects to 2024 but adds quirks to the credit’s timing; increased investment levels are expected.

A busy renewable energy sector and stable oil and gas markets have collided with persistent overcapacity in the multipurpose/heavy-lift (MPV/HL) sector, causing rate growth to sputter and stall.

Harren & Partner, owner of heavy-lift carrier SAL, has purchased three secondhand ships and is also testing an innovative combustion system for retrofitting on other ships in the fleet.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In the last part of a six-part special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a look at how cargo owners, EPCs, and OEMs manage chartering in a challenging market where controlling costs remains paramount.

The Gearbulk/Grieg Star G2 Ocean partnership will continue to build its project cargo business as the JV transitions in its executive ranks, with the departure of chief executive Rune Birkeland at year-end.

German tax and crisis management expert Sven Lundehn has been brought in to manage the Bremen-based carrier, as top executives leave and founder Jan Hendrik Többe makes an exit.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In part five of a six-part special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a look at the complexities of project shipping and whether they can be whittled down to a one-size-fits-all index.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In part four of a six-part special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a look at how project forwarders execute a delicate balancing act as they cope with shifting trade patterns, fleet makeup and business relationships.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In part three of a six-part special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a look at how SAL Heavy Lift manages its business, which is seeing a boost in vessel use this year from energy projects.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In part two of a six-part special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a peek behind the curtain at BBC Chartering, which boasts the largest fleet in the sector.

Outsiders can find vessel chartering in the breakbulk sector exasperatingly opaque. In part one of a special report on the topic, JOC.com takes a peek behind the curtain at BBC Chartering, which boasts the largest fleet in the sector.

Harmonizing Zeamarine's liner and tramp services is high on new regional director's list of priorities.

The ports of Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vancouver, Washington, are among those expecting continued growth in windmill component cargoes in 2020.

US wind energy capacity reached 100 GW in the third quarter of 2019, and with another 45.6 GW in the development pipeline, heavy-haul trucking carriers may struggle to keep pace with demand.

The latest Toepfer Multipurpose Index shows the project and breakbulk sector holding its breath as the effects of IMO 2020 begin to play out.

Two German companies join forces to work in Japan’s developing wind energy sector as the country scales back its dependence on coal and nuclear power in the wake of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.

Carrier G2Ocean says it plans to double the project cargo portion of total revenues by 2023.

The multipurpose/heavy-lift (MPV/HL) market has endured a decade-long downturn, but with rates slowly climbing and project cargo shippers reporting healthy order books and backlogs, the sector could finally be turning a corner.

Moving a 238-metric ton transformer over the road from Houston to New Mexico requires meticulous planning, detailed route surveys, and the building of a massive transport trailer.

Cooperation between super-heavy carriers is a sign of a strengthening project market.

With imports on the rise, domestic US steel prices are rolling downhill in 2019 and analysts expect that trend to continue well into next year.

US wind energy developers are scrambling to complete projects before a federal production tax credit is completely phased out at the end of 2022.

Revisions for 2020 reflect an Incoterms committee that was less “Eurocentric” and more trade-oriented than in the past, according to Frank Reynolds, president of consulting firm International Projects Inc. and a member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Incoterms revision committee.

Consolidation among carriers in the multipurpose/heavy-lift (MPV/HL) sector has reduced the number of ship operators, but not the overall number of ships available.

With scrapping levels still relatively low, overcapacity is expected to continue to keep downward pressure on multipurpose/heavy-lift (MPV/HL) vessel rates.

After a lengthy hiatus, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) recently approved a $5 billion loan to finance US exports for the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique.

Recently imposed tariffs, a persistent oversupply of vessels, and evolving shipper requirements are redrawing traditional trade lanes for multipurpose and heavy-lift (MPV/HL) carriers.

The pace of technological growth is exceeding the logistics sector’s ability to come up with ways to use it, leaving the market with “solutions” that do not align with actual shipper needs.

Integrated and diversified shipping companies in the vehicle logistics sector stand to benefit the most from the ongoing rebound in the vehicle and high and heavy market due to their inland investments, a Drewry consultant said.

Georgia Ports Authority’s “state of the port” address detailed investments in ro-ro infrastructure at Colonel’s Island.

Multipurpose/heavy-lift carrier AAL adds tonnage and adopts a new transaction management system.

C-suite changes continue at the Bremen-based multipurpose/heavy-lift carrier Zeamarine.

MPP sales and purchases are unfreezing as faith in the market builds and capacity remains tight, according to Toepfer Transport.

The global economic slowdown and US-China trade war is putting a dent in the high-growth outlook for India’s breakbulk and project cargo trade.