Breakbulk News

Breakbulk industry and maritime shipping news from American Journal of Transportation

Wallenius Wilhelmsen moves first on Brunswick port expansion, enhancing US capabilities

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | April 24, 2024

Wallenius Wilhelmsen moves first on Brunswick port expansion, enhancing US capabilities

Wallenius Wilhelmsen is signing a 20-year lease agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), with options up to 30 years.

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Combi_Freighter_3850.jpg

Damen launches Combi Freighter 3850 for Reederei M. Lauterjung at Ba Son Shipyard in Vietnam

AJOT | April 24, 2024 | Green Shipping | Maritime | Breakbulk News

Damen Shipyards Group launched a Combi Freighter (CF) 3850 at the Ba Son Shipyard in Vietnam. The CF 3850 is the first in a two-vessel order from Germany-based shipping company Reederei M. Lauterjung. Following this order, Damen’s client has placed an order for a third CF 3850. The vessels are to be named MV Arion, MV Hestia and MV Neptune.

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/byd-atto-3-electric-suv.jpg

China’s cheap EVs redraw the map of where cars get made

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News

China is set to change the map of global automaking by stepping up electric-car exports that will intensify mass-market competition, according to the International Energy Agency.

Port of Lake Charles cracks nation’s top 10 for cargo

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | April 23, 2024

Port of Lake Charles cracks nation’s top 10 for cargo

Major gains in cargo have made the Port of Lake Charles one of the top 10 busiest ports in the nation.

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Port_of_Brunswick.JPG

Brunswick sets record month for autos

Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick continued its record-setting pace in March, handling 77,236 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo, an increase of 13,438 units or 21 percent over the same month last year...

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Joe-Kramek.jpg

Joe Kramek appointed as New President & CEO at World Shipping Council

The World Shipping Council (WSC), the united voice of liner shipping, is happy to announce that the WSC Board has appointed Joe Kramek as its new President & CEO, to succeed John Butler upon his retirement at the end of July...

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Baltimore_bridge_collapse_1.jpg

Bridge disaster in Baltimore gets FBI criminal investigation

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Finnlines%E2%80%99_Finnfellow.jpg

Finnlines has set sail from Malmö on its new route to Świnoujście

AJOT | April 10, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

The shipping company Finnlines newly announced the launch of a new service between Malmö, Sweden and Świnoujście, Poland with first departure this morning on April 10. Finnlines thus expands its network and now connects to over 20 ports across Europe.

Port of Brownsville awarded $1.1M for vessel suitability and feasability project

Green Shipping

AJOT | Top Story | April 09, 2024

Port of Brownsville awarded $1.1M for vessel suitability and feasability project

The Port of Brownsville was recently named the recipient of $1,116,279 in funding from the federal government for its Port of Brownsville Vessel Suitability Analysis and Feasibility project.

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/pod_drone.png

Port of Davisville likely to see 25% increase in auto imports

The Quonset Development Corporation anticipates that auto imports at the Port of Davisville will increase by as much as 25%, or 4,000 vehicles per month, as a result of the realignment of shipping traffic due to the collapse of the Key Bridge outside Baltimore Harbor. QDC Managing Director Steven J. King, P.E. said it was too soon to tell how long the increase might last...

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Steen_Lund.jpg

INTERCARGO and RightShip launch Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE)

AJOT | April 03, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

Today, RightShip, the leading global ESG focused digital maritime platform, and INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, launch the Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE), an independent, not-for-profit industry organisation dedicated to the administration of the Dry Bulk Management Standard (DryBMS) framework.

Car shipper takes $10 million hit from Baltimore bridge collapse

Bloomberg | April 03, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Top_auto_import_chart_1.jpg

Ford, GM divert shipments as bridge collapse upends supplies

Bloomberg | March 27, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals

The US automotive supply chain will be disrupted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, dealing another blow to America’s automotive ecosystem still recovering from pandemic-related setbacks.