Chipolbrok Restarts Persian Gulf Service

Responding to increased demand for breakbulk shipments to the Middle East and Persian Gulf, Chipolbrok has reactivated its service to the Persian Gulf. The Shangai-based liner will use its 22,000-dwt Rijeka class tonnage vessels with maximum lifting capacities of 300 tons.

The first vessel on the schedule is the Wieniawski, which will load in Antwerp, Hamburg and Venice in November and December 2011. It will be followed by the Taixing, scheduled to load in January 2012 Both ships will call at Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and Jubail.

Photo shows the Chongming, one of Chipolbrok's 17 geared tripledeckers. Courtesy of Chipolbrok.