AAL and Peter Döhle Team Up
A Singapore-based breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift carrier AAL (formerly Austral Asia Line) and German multipurpose shipping operator Peter Döhle have announced the launch of a new global cooperation.
From June onwards, the pair will offer joint tramp and project services. For, they have pooled a fleet of 26 multi-purpose heavy-lift vessels on trade routes between Asia, Europe and the Americas starting June 2015.
The two carriers will remain independent of each other, with separate ownership, operations and identities. However, across a number of key trade routes between Asia, Europe and the Americas, they will deploy and jointly represent what they claim is the market’s youngest fleet of 26 multipurpose heavylift vessels.
Their combined fleet of owned and chartered-in tonnage features seven classes of multipurpose heavy lift vessels – ranging from 12,000, to 31,000 dwt.
The managing director of AAL's tramp and projects, Namir Khanbabi, said the partners expect to benefit from increased economies of scale and "a far greater reach within in the market place".
Christoph Döhle, CEO of Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG, commented, “We are delighted to combine our tramp and project cargo resources with AAL. Both fleets of multipurpose heavylift vessels perfectly complement each other and our proposed fleet mix of seven classes of large and small tonnage will deliver highly flexible, sustainable and efficient benefits for our customers and their projects.”
