Joint venture service adds sixth vessel

CaytransBBC is set to introduce its sixth vessel into the fleet this month. The joint venture between BBC Chartering and New Orleans-based Caytrans Project Services will add BBC Anglia to its existing fleet that offers regular service between the US Gulf and the North Coast of South America. The 4 820dwt multipurpose vessel, featuring box-shaped cargo holds, adjustable tweendecks and 2 x 60mt cranes that can lift up to 120mt combined, joins a modern fleet that is suitable to carry project, breakbulk and bulk cargoes. According to a spokesman from Dan-Gulf Shipping, the managers of the CaytransBBC service, the fleet extension will allow CaytransBBC to provide more regular sailings. “The line’s vessels load in Houston and Mobile and connect to Cartagena, Santa Marta and Barranquilla in Colombia, Guanta and Maracaibo in Venezuela and to Pt. Lisas in Trinidad. Other load and discharge ports can be called on an inducement basis.”