Dry bulk

Bonn & Mees has coordinated the unloading of a large inland vessel hull at Waalhaven, Port of Rotterdam.

The Indian Register of Shipping has commended Kanagawa Dockyard on the successful delivery of its Dolphin No. 29 tug to Adani Vizhinjam Port.

CN has awarded a contract to build 1150 new generation, high-capacity, grain hopper cars to National Steel Car Ltd of Hamilton, Ontario.

The Shakhtersk Coal Seaport, which is part of the Eastern Mining Company, has loaded its 100th coal bulk carrier since the opening of the latest navigation season.

The Port of Corpus Christi has announced three organisational appointments, including: Jeff Pollack as its first Chief Strategy Officer, Lisa Hinojosa as its Director of Communications, and Leslie Ruta as its Strategic Planning Manager.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has released its latest report on US and North American rail traffic.

CN has announced Dominique Malenfant as Executive Vice-President and Chief Information and Technology Officer.

The first rail freight delivery of aggregate has recently arrived at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, signalling the start of HS2’s major programme to take up to 1.5 million lorries off the roads in order to cut carbon emissions.

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has announced the signing of an agreement to establish the National Grain Company.

Napier Port has reported lower revenue and underlying earnings for the nine months to 30 June 2020.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture has sponsored the inauguration ceremony of Saudi Arabia’s National Grain Company, a strategic partnership between SALIC and Bahri.

Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest universal port, has reported reduced seaborne cargo throughput due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US and North American rail traffic for the week ending 15 August 2020.

Glencore Agriculture has announced that it will rebrand its business to ‘Viterra’ in late 2020.

Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) is moving towards executing a contract with Misje Eco Bulk AS for six, plus four optional, eco bulk carriers.