Dubai-based Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) was contracted to arrange an end-to-end logistics solution for 6,000 cu m of cargo from manufacturing facilities in Poland and Netherlands to the site in UAE.
FLS chartered Jumbo-SAL-Alliance’s vessel Annemieke to carry the units from Rotterdam and Gdynia to Jebel Ali.
Cargoes were then offloaded onto lowbed trailers and transported to the delivery site.
BBC Chartering said that its fifth Lakermax newbuild multipurpose vessel, BBC Santiago, successfully passed sea trials last week.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Vertom has placed an order for four 10,700 dwt geared tweendeckers at Chowgule Shipyards in India.
Damen Shipyards has delivered two Combi Freighter (CF) 5000 vessels to Squtrixo General Trading. Additionally, a CF 3850 will also be handed over to the company.
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has allocated USD580 million towards port improvement projects.
