AJOT Newsroom
| October 27, 2021
| Maritime | Breakbulk News | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project
Specialist heavy lift project carrier, AAL Shipping (AAL) has acquired two heavy lift 'mega-size' 33,000dwt W-Class multipurpose vessels (MPVs) from the second-hand market, the 'AAL Mars' and the 'AAL Merkur'. The vessels have been serving within the Carrier's operating fleet worldwide on a commercial management basis. Along with four other acquisitions made by AAL over the past eight months – comprising two heavy lift G-Class MPVs (25,800dwt each) the 'AAL Galveston' and 'AAL Genoa' and two 'mega size' W-class MPVs (33,000dwt each) the 'AAL Paris' and 'Grey Fox' – these vessels have helped to grow AAL's owned fleet to 569,600dwt and render the carrier control of 80 percent of its current 711,200dwt operating fleet.
