Dry cargo news

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US rail traffic for the week ending 29 October 2022, as well as volumes for October 2022.

According to the latest reporting from Reuters, the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine are pressing ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal, despite Russia suspending its participation.

In the first nine months of 2022, almost the same freight volume was handled in the Port of Rotterdam as last year, though there were some major underlying differences.

COSCO Shipping has announced that its 400 000 TEU vessel has successfully passed through the new Bohai Sea deep-water channel with a full load.

Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of delegates from the international breakbulk community descended on the home of European breakbulk for AntwerpXL 2022.

Associated British Ports has welcomed its first shipment of conditioned pulverised fly ash at the Port of Immingham.

SOHAR Port and Freezone has signed an agreement with C. Steinweg Oman LLC which will see the general cargo terminal operator expand its storage area in order to anticipate further growth and to facilitate, among others, the growing demand for minerals.

Grindrod’s Matola terminal at the Port of Maputo has received a second train carrying coal from Botswana.

DB Cargo is teaming up with some of Britain’s biggest businesses to lobby the UK government to set a legally-binding target for a future modal shift from road to rail transportation.

Scotland’s largest agricultural products hub at the Port of Rosyth has reached a milestone of handling 1 million t of product for Cefetra.