Dry bulk equipment news

Belgian logistics giant Katoen Natie has ordered four all-electric Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour Cranes for its Port of Antwerp operations. The order, which includes a 10 year service level agreement, was booked in 1Q25, with delivery scheduled for 1Q26.

The Baltic Exchange provides an update on the Dry Bulk markets for Week 4.

Bruks Siwertell has received an order for a Bruks Klöckner drum chipper from Bioena, a bioenergy company in Colombia.

The order, which also includes a four-year Kalmar Complete Care service agreement, was booked in Kalmar’s 4Q24 order intake, with delivery of the machines scheduled for 2Q25.

The installation work is expected to be completed at the end of 2025, with fuel and emission savings of approximately 10-12% anticipated on deep-sea routes between China and Brazil, South Africa, and Australia.

The portal slewing crane of type LPS 600, the first of its kind in Germany, is set to enhance bulk and general cargo operations at the port of Brake, which handles 1924 ship calls and 7.1 million t of a wide range of goods annually on the water side.

Cleveland Cascades are presently working on the supply of 2x identical Cascade Chutes to be supplied for the Westshore Project, Vancouver, Canada.

Icon Energy Corp., an international shipping company that provides worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, is pleased to announce the successful delivery of the Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier, M/V Bravo, and the signing of a term loan facility for up to US$91.5 million.

David Zelnio, BinMaster, examines the useful applications of level sensor technology and digitisation to improve dry bulk storage and measurement capacity.

Weserport GmbH has commissioned Ardelt to supply a double jib slewing crane with integrated hopper model Tukan K.