Dry cargo news

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. have decided to install the “Seawing,” an automated kite system using wind power, on CORONA CITRUS, an 88 000 DWT-type special coal carrier for J-POWER.

Bruks Siwertell has secured an order from Senegal Minergy Port for a high-capacity grain handling Siwertell ship unloader for a new port development.

Marcor Stevedoring is planning to expand its floating terminal in Rotterdam with the development of a dry bulk terminal at the Steinweg Hartel Terminal.

Menar has joined the International Dry Bulk Terminals Group (DBTG) as part of its mission to expand into mega logistics value chains.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported on the weekly rail traffic for North America in the last week of February, as well as the total US volumes for February 2023.

In 2022, the Port of South Louisiana saw an annual increase in tonnage of nearly 10 million t of cargo – the first year it had seen a net increase since 2017.

Canadian Pacific has moved over 2 million t of Canadian grain and grain products in January 2023, setting a new record for the month.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US rail traffic for the week ending 28 January 2023, as well as volumes for January 2023.

Inland shipping construction yard, Concordia Damen, is set to deliver two ‘CDS Dry Cargo 110’ vessels to Amer Shipping.

Anglo American’s newly launched LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessel has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.