Dry bulk freight news

According to BIMCO newbuild contracts have been signed for the dry bulk and tanker shipping industries at an increasing pace so far in 2017.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd has reported its financial results for 1Q17.

“Today we are celebrating the completion of another strong step forward,” said Bill Chapman, President and CEO of Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview.

Vortex Global Ltd has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Solids Handling and Processing Association Company of the Year Award.

Northern Railways LLC (Northern Railways), entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MTGT LLC, the 100% owner of the Huren Chuulut Iron Ore Project.

Key Asian routes are seeing surging freight rates for large capesize cargo vessels.

BNSF Railway is to pay US$1 million following polluted waterways allegedly caused by coal from the company’s open-topped rail cars.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has reported that its subsidiary, PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), continues to seek approval from Indonesian authorities for the export of its copper concentrates.

Freightliner and British Steel’s Immingham Bulk Terminal and Ore Blending Plant have collaborated to improve the process flow, removing a massive bottleneck in the last stage of the supply chain feeding the steelworks.

The selection process has narrowed the list of potential candidates down to three.