Dry bulk news updates

The new Flexicon tipper discharges bulk solid materials from mobile bins.

Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd successfully delivers a new-built panamax bulk carrier to a large international shipping company.

Martin Engineering has introduced a portable vibrator that activates the free flow of bulk materials from closed-top hopper railcars.

Deller Dampners will be exhibiting at TOC Europe, Amsterdam (27 to 29 June).

Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd has successfully delivered another 73 500 DWT new-built Ice-class Panamax Bulk Carrier.

The 'Clio' is a 73 691 DWT panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2005.

The ABTO has said the current measures in place to test cargoes for potential liquefaction are inadequate.

The company will provide training and ramp-up support services in connection with Nyrstar's Transformation Project in Port Pirie, South Australia.

DP World Australia takes delivery of state-of-the-art port crane training simulators from CM Labs Simulations.

The CBH Group is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its US$175 million investment in a new fleet of locomotives and wagons.

K+S Potash Canada has accepted their first domestic railcars built by National Steel Car (NSC) in Hamilton, Ontario.

The company is introducing two groundbreaking new failsafe brakes to its SKP range.

The assembly capacity of Lokotrack crushing plants in Tampere is to be enhanced.

Liza Malyshko, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine, explains why grain handling capacities have increased in the Black Sea region.

David Trueman, TBA Doncaster, UK, provides an overview of the benefits of effective terminal operating systems (TOS) for bulk operators.

Napier Port continues to rely on Konecranes to further strengthen its important position on New Zealand’s North Island. In December 2017 six new lift trucks will be delivered to the terminal, situated in the rapidly growing Hawke’s Bay region.

Country’s oldest stevedore to open its only Great Lakes facility in Indiana.

Sandvik and Prime Solutions recently teamed up to help a Swedish mine find a completely new way of working, improving productivity and safety.

The company has announced that it has taken delivery of an additional vessel, Sea Amber.

Cleveland Cascades recently commissioned of one of the latest Cascade chutes in partnership with Reel Alesa.

Djibouti has installed a new US$90 million potash port in Ethiopia, which comes as the second of 4 new ports to be built.

Konecranes has introduced its new on-site training programmes designed to update technicians on standards compliance and extend their knowledge and expertise.

The ship is the sixth of 9 Crown-63 ultramax dry bulk sister vessels acquired from Greenship Bulk Trust.

The objective of the new integrated system is to improve business productivity in the steel and manufacturing sectors.