Cape plays host to wind-powered carrier

The German project and heavy lift
sea carrier, Beluga Shipping, is still
finding SA an attractive, growing
marketplace – with on-going demand for
power plant equipment, building materials,
steel products, mine equipment and
construction parts for the renovation of the
stadia for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
And Beluga advertised its foothold in
SA when it celebrated its first anniversary
in its Johannesburg branch office by
sending the auxiliary wind-powered
carrier, MV Beluga SkySails, to sail
around the Cape of Good Hope at the end
of last year.
SA is currently getting its share of
Beluga’s fleet of 60 multipurpose heavy
lift project carriers – offering tonnage in
SA ports for general and breakbulk cargo
and bigger bulk parcels of coal
and minerals.
President and CEO Niels Stolberg told
FTW that the demand for project cargo
shipments had been very strong over the
past years.
And, he added, “according to various
reports it is about to rise further in the
future, particularly in the super-heavy lift
segment. Ever bigger, heavier and more
complex cargoes are being transported
across the oceans – including to-andfrom
SA.”