Breakbulk News

Weco, formerly known as Nordana Lines, exited the Americas-Mediterranean trade in March.

The move will impact port and supply chain investments under the Belt and Road program.

“These underlying volumes offer great opportunities to other shippers who can utilize our steady westbound capacity.”

The lower revenue also reflected a decline in the number of managed ships.

Container ship operators to and from India are increasingly tapping breakbulk or heavy cargo opportunities.

Car carrier and ro-ro operators have invested in a new generation of ships featuring adjustable decks and large openings for oversize cargo.

The bill passed the Senate on a 26-to-5 vote, and has cleared the House Transportation Committee.

Rising cargo volumes deliver increasing profits despite the fragile economic situation in the European market.

The deal was struck just more than a week after Rickmers Maritime announced it was winding up its business.

Bertram Rickmers has offered to give up control of Rickmers Holding.

Grimaldi is enhancing a service it began in 2015.

"It’s a new market presence for our company.”

This week’s windmill-blade shipment was the first of three booked through Longview this year.

Zeebrugge is the intermediate shipment point for a $27 billion project.

The Singapore-listed manager of a fleet of 14 Panamax vessels was unable to obtain the approval of bondholders.

Direct links with Taiwan and South Korea would boost the economies of northern and central Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

Unions are protesting a reform of major port trusts through new legislation dubbed the Major Ports Authority Bill 2016.

India's growth potential elevates prospects for breakbulk and heavy-lift shipments.

Companies like Berard play a crucial role in project cargo transportation.

Supply and demand are moving in the right direction for MPV operators.

A gale of change is blowing in the wind energy industry, a growing market that’s a project cargo mainstay.

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.