Dry bulk shiploading news

Fluor's launch of Virta supports especially the company's mining and metals market.

Port of Newcastle is investing in a US$35 million ship unloader with the latest safety and environmental compliance features – a level of infrastructure investment unseen at Port of Newcastle since privatisation.

STEMM has developed a new range of grabs. ‘Smart Grabs’ automatically adapt themselves to the product specific characteristics during each handling process with no direct manual intervention from the worker required.

The industry-wide initiative to modernise global agricultural commodity trade operations has announced that another major partner, Glencore Agriculture Ltd, has joined the effort.

DryShips Inc. an owner and operator of ocean going cargo vessels, and through the acquisition of Heidmar Inc., a global tanker pool operator, has announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended 30 June 2019.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., an owner-operator within the Supramax/Ultramax segment, has announced that is has taken delivery of the second of six Ultramax drybulk vessels, it has recently agreed to acquire.

This week, members of the Shoreham Port team attended London International Shipping Week (LISW).

In June 2019, Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County ordered two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes to increase its dockside handling capacity in the Port of Brownsville, Texas, USA. 

According to a report by Zion Market Research, the global shiploader and unloader market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.2% between 2019 and 2025.

The unloading of its first shipment of GreenSpar anorthosite in the Port of Charleston was terminated before completion for reasons outside the company’s control.