Bbc Forges Tramp-liner Fusion

摘要

There are liners such as Rickmers-Linie, operating like clockwork in the east-west trades, and the Belugas, criss-crossing the oceans in search of profitable cargoes. However, with the projects business buzzing more than ever and a vast and growing fleet of multipurpose ships at hand, Germany's BBC Chartering & Logistic is determined to break the dogma of tradition.rnThe Leer-based operator, controlling about 140 vessels of 3,500-20,000dwt, has introduced a dozen scheduled services spanning Europe, South America, Asia, the US Gulf and Africa since it launched its first loop from Houston to West Coast South America ports four years ago. Its next addition this year will be an east-bound Far East/WCSA service which is to go bi-directional at a later stage.rn"We are already in negotiations over contracts of affreightment for westbound traffic," said CEO Svend Andersen, who has been at the helm of the company since its formation as a tramp operator in the mid-1990s by Briese Schifffahrts of Leer.