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AAL Joins Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL)
Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL) is an association that represents Australia’s international ocean shipping industry, with membership comprising shipping companies, shipping agents and towage providers – a collection of top companies that employ more …
Nov 4, 2021 / Curious
AAL Delivers 680mt of Floating Buoys to off-shore tanker terminal in the Persian Gulf
The 31,000dwt ‘mega-size’ heavy lift vessel, AAL Kobe, recently transported two heavy lift single-point mooring (SPM) Buoys along AAL Shipping’s (AAL) ‘Europe – Middle East / India – Asia Monthly Liner Service’ (EUMEIA), from Jebel Ali in Dubai to …
Nov 2, 2021 / Vessels
AAL acquires 66,000 dwt MPP tonnage from the global fleet and announces newbuilding of an additional 128,000 dwt
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 …
Oct 27, 2021 / Vessels
Port of Rotterdam: Odd one out in Calandkanaal
Calandkanaal, normally dominated by oil tankers, has been the scene of container ship Brussels Express for several days now. Moored at Paal (dolphin) 80, the vessel has bunkered LNG and is currently waiting for a berth in Prinses Amaliahaven. The …
Sep 10, 2021 / Vessels
AAL Shipping appointed ‘Wallem Korea’ as New S-Korea commercial representative
AAL Shipping (AAL) has appointed local Busan-based multipurpose and project heavy lift specialist, Wallem Korea, as its exclusive commercial and port agency representative in South Korea with immediate effect. The Agency is part of the Wallem Group, …
Jul 26, 2021 / Curious
AAL Delivers 4 RTGs To Port of Oslo
This Summer, AAL Shipping (AAL) delivered four of the largest rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) in the carrier’s history to the Port of Oslo (Oslo Havn KF), Norway. These new generation mobile units, measuring 36 m in height and 28 m in length, were …
Jul 14, 2021 / Vessels
AAL Kembla transported yachts, cranes, transformers, dregers, baskets & more on a single shipment from Europe to Asia
Valentine’s Day 2021, the AAL Kembla set sail from Rotterdam on a voyage from Europe, through the Persian Gulf and onto Shanghai in China – as one of six 31,000dwt A-Class heavy-lift multipurpose vessels employed on AAL’s ‘Europe, Middle East / India …
Jun 15, 2021 / Vessels
AAL Lifts Its Safety and Operations Standards To New Levels
AAL Shipping (AAL) has successfully achieved latest 2020 IMO Intact Stability Code standards with its heavy lift cargo handling procedures and new levels of sailings efficiency and safety through its ground-breaking ‘Performance Optimisation Control …
May 25, 2021 / Curious
AAL: Parcelling on the Pacific
AAL demonstrated the lifting and cargo intake capability of its mega-size A-Class fleet and parcelling capabilities of its ‘Asia – Americas Trade Lane’ chartering team with the transport of a heavy lift barge from Taicang, China to Papeete, Tahiti. …
Apr 22, 2021 / Vessels
AAL expands fleet with two more G-Class HL MPVS
AAL Shipping (AAL) is taking delivery of two additional ‘G-Class’ multipurpose heavy lift vessels, expanding its core fleet to 720,200 total deadweight (DWT). The Pacific Action and AAL Gladstone have both served in the AAL fleet in the past and …
Mar 9, 2021 / Vessels