Dry bulk

ICHCA and ABTO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaborative working between the organisations.

Starlinger’s ‘circular packaging’ has been shortlisted for the product technology innovation of the year at the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020.

Scotland’s largest agricultural products hub (agri-hub) is now fully operational at the Port of Rosyth, with the arrival of the Baltic Mantis bulk cargo ship and her load of over 30 000 t of animal feed from Argentina.

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index has recently edged higher as gains in the Panamax and Supramax vessel segments offset lower capesize rates, Reuters reports.

The Australian grain industry needs to get on the front foot to mitigate climate variability and reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of production.

Diana Shipping Inc. has recently announced a time charter contract for the m/v Coronis with Koch and the cancellation of the sale of the m/v Norfolk.

Sea freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy, has been blown off course by the COVID-19 outbreak, sparking general alarm.

Logistics service provider Van den Bosch has bought 200 new 40 ft pressurised containers for the transportation of dry bulk products for the food industry.

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The British Ports Association has today welcomed confirmation that Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport will be the Minister responsible for ports.

Owners have long recognised the link between clean hulls and lower fuel costs, lack of reliable data has slowed investments in optimising hull performance.

The Port of Ipswich has achieved a tonnage-handling record for an independent producer of sand and gravel in the UK.

A&R Logistics has recently acquired First Choice Logistics.

Van den Bosch is strengthening its position in Northern Europe by taking over the Swedish transport company Willis Larsson Transport AB.

Rand Logistics Inc. has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire American Steamship Co. (ASC) from GATX Corp.