Shanghai-based Protranser has coordinated the delivery of steel pipes from Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China to Antwerp, Belgium.
The forwarder coordinated the export of three packages that weighed 5.7 tonnes. The longest item measured 16 m in length. Protranser chartered space on a breakbulk vessel for the move to Antwerp.
Protranser has handled the export of a grinding mill cylinder from China to Central and South America.
China-based Protranser has coordinated the delivery of 13 slag pots from Zhangjiagang, China, to South America.
China-based Protranser has coordinated the delivery of 605 cu m of cargo from Tianjin port to Iskenderun, Turkey.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
The 15th edition of the One World Market Sentiment Index for the multipurpose and breakbulk shipping market showed a modest increase to a level of in 54.6 in Q4 2024 (54.3 in Q3 2024)
