Dry bulk

The biggest names in breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift will be exhibiting at AntwerpXL when it returns to Antwerp Expo 28 – 30 November 2023.

Today GSC, a nationwide provider of 3PL services, announced the acquisition of MacMillan-Piper, one of the largest and most established specialty transloaders in the Pacific Northwest.

Fortescue’s first shipment from its newly built Iron Bridge operations will soon be on its way to Vietnam, marking the first time the company has exported a high-grade magnetite product.

NYK Bulkship is set introduce a wind-assisted ship-propulsion unit on a bulk carrier engaged in a long-term charter contract with Cargill.

Diana Shipping Inc. has entered into a time charter contract with Cobelfret S.A., Luxembourg, for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels: the m/v Myrto.

Himalaya Shipping Ltd has successfully taken delivery of the fifth of twelve Newcastlemax dual fuel newbuildings the company has on order from New Times Shipyard.

Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Hull has welcomed the delivery of a new Volvo L150H to its dry bulk handling facility North Gap.

ERG has commenced the construction of the FIOL 1 Railway in Bahia, capable of transporting 60 million t of cargo annually, and received endorsement from the President of Brazil.

ZHD Stevedores has ordered its first all-electric transshipment crane CBG 500 E from Liebherr, for bulk handling in the area of Rotterdam and the ZHD terminals in Dordrecht and Moerdijk.

Takoradi Port recently received its biggest ever bulk ship, assisted by Bedeschi S.p.a. which supplied all the conveyor lines for the terminal, two shiploaders, and one eco-hopper.

Marubeni has announced plans to acquire stake in Norway-based Klaveness Dry Bulk AS, in order to participate in digitally driven dry bulk operations.

SCHADE has published a case study of the installation of one of its Cantilever Reclaimers and an associated belt conveyor in Gorazdze, Poland.

NORDEN has placed a newbuilding order for six dry cargo vessels from Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering, a joint venture of COSCO Shipping and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Duro Felguera has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPC) contract for a new bulk solids transport project in Mejillones Bay.

Norvic Shipping has announced that it is pushing ahead with plans to take delivery of three newbuild dry bulk vessels from Japanese yards.