Dry cargo news

Bruks Siwertell has announced it has won an order to deliver a new Bruks ship loader to the US Port of Long Beach, California.

AtoB@C Shipping continues its fleet renewal by adding six low-emission newbuildings to its fleet between 2025 and 2027 after securing long-term time charter contracts with German shipowner BAAS Shipping from Hamburg.

The review addresses critical challenges, including the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s net-zero emissions target, maritime security concerns in the Red Sea region, and the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention’s.

Konecranes has received an order to supply 8 CXT overhead cranes to PT Beka Wire Indonesia’s manufacturing facility in Subang to support their material handling requirements across all stages of manufacturing. The order was placed at the end of October 2024, with deliveries and installation scheduled for March 2025.

According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), total US weekly rail traffic was 526 166 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.8% compared with the same week last year.

Euroports Group is set to strengthen its bulk handling capacity at North Sea Port (Ghent) with the addition of a state-of-the-art Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7B Mobile Harbor Crane.

According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), total US weekly rail traffic was 520 798 carloads and intermodal units, up 25.6% compared with the same week last year.

The Baltic Exchange provides an update on the Dry Bulk markets for Week 47.

EuroDry Ltd., an owner and operator of dry bulk vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that it has signed a contract with Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding for the construction of two 63 500 DWT ultramax bulk carriers.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced a deal with Vuba Resin, one of the UK’s most fastest growing companies in terms of both sales and prominence, to the Port of Goole.