Dry bulk shiploading news

Increased coal import volumes and shallow draft at bulk ports means demand for transhipper vessels will grow.

Belt and screw feeders are commonly used to discharge bulk materials from hoppers.

The ports of Liverpool, Heysham and Sheerness (London Medway) have the capability to limit the impact the UK’s expected departure from the EU on 31 October is expected to have on trading, according to their operator, Peel Ports.

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. plans to announce 3Q19 financial results in a press release that will be issued before the market open on Wednesday 23 October 2019.

A ship with a deadweight of 82 000 t recently left the Port of Taman loaded with Sibanthracite Group coal that is to be unloaded for buyers in European ports, while another ship has already left for Vietnam.

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.