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May 4, 2011
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- Rickmers-Linie enhances service linking Europe with India
- Entering two multipurpose of 12,800 deadweight tons and two ships of 17,000 dwt
 With the addition of new vessels Rickmers-Linie, a company specializing in maritime transport of cargo and project cargo, is enhancing its service connecting Europe with the Middle East and India and is based on the ports of Hamburg, Antwerp , Genoa, Mumbai and Chennai.
- The German company is entering four ships on the route. These are multipurpose and Martin Linde, Rickmers-Linie, which have long been used to hire, and new ships and Yokohama Rickmers Rickmers Tianjin type Superflex Heavy MPP 17K, built by Chinese shipyards Xinshun Shipyard Group, the company will take delivery respectively This month and next July. Linde has been placed in service in mid-March.
- Each of the ships and Martin Linde, of 12,800 deadweight tons, is equipped with two cranes of 120 tons of capacity that can be twinned to lift 240 tons.Ships and Yokohama Rickmers Rickmers Tianjin, of 17,000 deadweight tonnes, are both equipped with two crane capacity of 150 tons, twins to lift 300 tons, and a crane capacity of 80 tonnes.
- The sales and marketing director of Rickmers-Linie, Gerhard Janssen, said the airline on this route is experiencing a growing demand for bulk cargo. "For the eastbound report - said - we expect the shipment of steel products as main load, in addition to products ranging from mobile cranes and mining products to specific equipment for the railway and energy production. For the westbound report there are more and more non-containerized cargo shipments account of the development of engineering and manufacturing capabilities in India. " "Also - added Janssen - also improved the market for charter vessels equipped with its own means of breakbulk cargo. Only one or two years ago all that was available was really old for that indeed would have to be dismantled. Now there are a number of excellent new modern ships available at reasonable freight rates.After Rickmers Rickmers Tianjin Yokohama and we still have four ships to be taken over and we are seeing a continued improvement in the market. "
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