Special reports

DryShips Inc. has sold three of its vessels, which has reduced its total bank debt by US$102.1 million. Additionally, DryShips has agreed to sell its shares in Ocean Rig UDW Inc.

European solids and bulk handling components company, Vortex Global, names Brolton Group as its exclusive agent in Australia.

Flexicon has released a new mobile drum tipper that allows dust-free transfer of bulk materials from drums into process equipment and storage vessels.

SENNEBOGEN has added the 5500 crawler crane to the new engine generation of the E-Series for the bauma trade fair.

NEPEAN completes the acquisition of a leading supplier of engineered bulk materials handling solutions: Ellton Conveyors.

Jan de Nul is to begin the dredging of the access channel to the Port of Maputo, from -11 m, in order to accommodate vessels with a sailing draft of up to 14.2 m on the tide.

Cimbria, a leading supplier of grain, seed, storage and processing plants, has set up a liaison office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to focus on the Saudi Arabia market and Sudan.

A port development company chooses a Siwertell screw-type unloader for an ongoing development programme at a busy grain terminal.