Capesize news

Damen Shipyards and Turkey’s Feyz Group have signed a contract for the delivery of three new Damen Combi Freighters 3850 for delivery in early 2025.

Takoradi Port recently received its biggest ever bulk ship, assisted by Bedeschi S.p.a. which supplied all the conveyor lines for the terminal, two shiploaders, and one eco-hopper.

Diana Shipping Inc. has announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v New York.

Diana Shipping Inc. has announced time charter contracts for the m/v Santa Barbara with Smart Gain and the m/v Phaidra with Aquavita.

In line with its 2023 – 2025 strategy to capitalise on the most attractive opportunities in the market, NORDEN has acquired four Capesize vessels in two separate transactions.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Vale have announced a partnership to retrofit a Capesize class bulk carrier with two rotor sails produced by Norsepower.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has conducted the trial use of a marine biofuel, supplied by bp, to the capesize bulker ‘CAPE TSUBAKI’, with the co-operation of the charterer, JFE Steel Corporation.

Wärtsilä and Berge Bulk have completed the maritime industry’s first inline shaft generator retrofit.

Anglo American’s newly launched LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessel has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.

The Baltic Exchange has published its latest quarterly reporting, its ‘Investor Indices’, in which it reviews the impact of higher steel values on dry bulk carriers.