AAL Americas celebrates 10-year anniversary serving multipurpose and project cargo community
Premium project heavy lift carrier, AAL Shipping, has reached yet another important milestone in its ongoing expansion programme – the 10-year anniversary of ‘AAL Americas’. Established in April 2014 and headquartered in Houston, the local team has overseen the enduring success of the carrier’s regular Pacific trade to and from Asia, and trans-Atlantic services to Europe and the Middle East. With vast experience in serving long-haul and industrial projects around the world, combined with a unique fleet of mega-size heavy lift tonnage – able to parcel oversized project cargo alongside breakbulk and bulk commodities on any given sailing – AAL Americas has carved a niche for itself and high level of trust with a disparate customer base.
Henrik Hansen, General Manager of AAL Americas, explained, “Having local representation enables direct communication with clients and vendors within the same time zone and that is essential for running an operation where time and dependability is of the essence. Over the past decade and in response to China’s historically strong hold on critical materials supply required for renewable energy, zero-emissions vehicles and clean tech, the US has sought to build wider and more robust international supply chains and deepen its economic ties with more diverse import and export partners worldwide. With geo-politics strongly at the fore, beneficiaries of this US trade strategy have included South-East Asian markets like Vietnam or Thailand and the European market.”
Hansen added, “Sustainability, driven by a vocal green lobby in the US, has also boosted the renewable sector with wind energy, solar and most recently hydro power coming more to the fore. Investment in wind energy in the United States has increased dramatically over the past 10 years. From 2018 to 2022, wind energy investment increased by 49%, outpacing all other kinds of energy generation except solar.
“In 2023, due to inflation, higher financing costs, and supply-chain kinks, actual US onshore installations reduced to only 6.4 gigawatts (GW), yet the prospects for wind energy remain strong due to increased tax credits and growing demand. Turbine orders increased by 130% last year to about 17 GW, with 80% coming in 2025 or later. In 2024, about 7 GW of wind power will be added. At the same time, wind turbines OEMs have taken advantage of the US inflation act to invest in domestic wind manufacturing facilities.”
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