Special reports

The Timken Company has acquired The Diamond Chain Company, expanding its leadership in engineered industrial chain.

Star Bulk has announced that its annual report from 2018 is now available on form 20-F.

A report commissioned by the UK Major Ports Group has concluded that 50 000 HGV hours are wasted in Britain every day due to congestion on key routes.

The subsidiary, Spinel Investments Ltd, has been established in the Cayman Islands.

Arrows Up, a solutions provider for the bulk storage and transportation industry, has announced it will secure a stay against a ruling on October 3 by the Texas State Court that it must pay SandBox, a subsidiary of US Silica, damages for fraud.

Bart Williams, GlobalSim, USA, reports on a virtual reclaiming programme of a stacking yard.

Amy Reynolds, International Grains Council, UK, provides an overview of the highs in global supply and demand for different grains over the past five years and questions how long this will continue. 

Peter Sand, BIMCO, predicts overall demand growth of about 2-3% this year.

According to BIMCO, 2017 was a year of change for shipping, but a cautious approach is still needed for 2018 to uphold the progress already achieved. 

Martin Krafft, Vice-President, Shipowning and Technical Services, of Fednav, talked to Dry Bulk about how the company is creating synergies to address today's shipping challenges.

Reviewing the industry’s road to recovery, BIMCO has indicated that 2018 could be a year that shipowners should take advantage of.

A UK-based producer of quicklime and chalk products has implanted a dust suppression system from Martin Engineering to resolve its fugitive material problem on its limestone conveyors.

According to MSI, a New Year bulge in deliveries could take the shine off recent improvements as the market digests the impact of China’s strategy to cut pollution.

Drewry expects dry bulk shipping charter rates to recover from 2Q18 on the back of strengthening Asian iron ore demand.

BIMCO has provided its November dry bulk shipping market overview and outlook 2017.