AW Ship Management would like to announce that the MV Helena departed Walvis Bay on Tuesday 18th September, the vessel is due into Cape Town on Friday 21st September where it will immediately commence cargo operations. As previously advised the delay was due primarily to the unavailability of the Cape Town drydock which was occupied by De Beers vessel which could not depart. The delay will have also have a slight impact on Voyage 9 as we seek to catch up.
The amended schedule for both Voyage 8 and Voyage 9 can be found below;
Voyage 8
ETD Cape Town Sunday 23rd September
ETA St Helena Saturday 29th September
ETA Ascension Friday 5th October
ETA St Helena Tuesday 9th October
ETA Cape Town Tuesday 16th October
Voyage 9
ETD Cape Town Friday 19th October
ETA St Helena Thursday 25th October
ETA Cape Town Monday 5th November
Voyage 10
As publicised
AW Ship Management would like to announce that the MV Helena departed Walvis Bay on Tuesday 18th September, the vessel is due into Cape Town on Friday 21st September where it will immediately commence cargo operations. As previously advised the delay was due primarily to the unavailability of the Cape Town drydock which was occupied […]
Please find the below BAF and CAF adjustments for all shipments being made on Voyage 10 Voyage 10 CAF – Additional 3.50% applied to container and breakbulk freight BAF – Additional £120 to be added per container and an additional £4.80 per w/m on breakbulk items.
AW Ship Management regret to advise that the MV Helena’s departure from Cape Town for Voyage 8 will be delayed for a period of approximately 6/7 days. This issue has arisen as a direct consequence of the booked dry dock slot in Cape Town being lost due to over-running works on a De Beers vessel. […]
Please be advised that the bunker and currency adjustments for MV Helena Voyage 08 / 09 will be as follows: Voyage 08 CAF – Additional 1.75% applied to container and breakbulk freight BAF – Additional £120 to be added per container and an additional £4.80 per w/m on breakbulk items. Voyage 09 CAF – Additional […]
Due to severely overrunning works on a De Beers mining vessel in the Sturrock Dry Dock in Cape Town, the docking slot for the MV Helena has been cancelled and it will no longer be possible to dry dock the vessel in Cape Town at the end of Voyage 7. As an alternative, AW Ship […]
In response to some common queries regarding the MV Helena and the new shipping service, AWSM have added an Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) page to the St Helena Shipping website. Please contact us if you have a query that is not answered within the FAQS.
Please be advised that the bunker and currency adjustments for MV Helena Voyage 07 will be as follows: Voyage 07 CAF – Additional 1.75% applied to container and breakbulk freight BAF – Additional £120 to be added per container. Additional £4.80 per w/m on breakbulk shipments.
In recent months, issues with transhipment cargo ex-UK have been experienced as a result of both container lines serving South Africa from the UK omitting Cape Town as the first port of call. These omissions have affected the delivery of transhipment cargo on V.267 of the RMS and three of the first four voyages of […]
Please be advised that the bunker and currency adjustments for MV Helena Voyage 06 will be as follows: Voyage 05 CAF – Additional 1.75% applied to container and breakbulk freight BAF – Additional £90 to be added per container. Additional £3.60 per w/m on breakbulk shipments.
AW Ship Management have received from Cape Town agents the following: Please be advised that with immediate effect the export stack dates for this vessel will be based on the ETD and NOT on the ETA of the vessel. For your guidance, we have listed below the export stack dates for future voyages. RNC will […]