BBC Chartering expands liner services

BBC Chartering, home-ported in Leer, Germany, has extended its existing liner services between the US Gulf and South America to Europe.

The BBC Americana Line European Service is an extension of a successfully running BBC service from the US Gulf to the East Coast of South America. This now connects Hamburg, Antwerp and Bilbao as scheduled ports with Vitoria, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Buenos Aires. When required, both services can also call at other ports en route. BBC Chartering expanded both lines because of the increasing demand for project and break-bulk cargo capacities to South America. In trade between Hamburg and South America, the portion of non-containerized cargo is relatively high: 65 per cent of the total tonnage is transported conventionally. The reason for this is the structure of the goods in foreign trade. Ores, oil seeds, fruits (bananas), meat and coffee are the most important groups of imported goods. Fertilisers, machines and/or machine parts and chemical products have the largest share in the export sector. Since April, the BBC Americana Line European Service has provided a total loading capacity of 12000 tonnes per month. On-board cranes can handle all kinds of heavy left cargo of up to 500 tonnes.

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