Dry bulk technology news

Paul Pathy takes over as the 47th President and is the first BIMCO President from the Americas. He is taking over from Nikolaus H. Schües who is finishing his two-year term.

MacGregor has secured an order from the Vertom group, a Netherlands-based shipowner and maritime service provider, to deliver fully electric cargo cranes for four multipurpose vessels.

Berge Bulk has successfully completed the world’s first retrofit installation of the Renk Integrated Front-end Power System (IFPS) shaft generator on its vessel, Berge Dachstein, a 208 718 dwt Newcastlemax.

Bruks Siwertell has been contracted to provide its innovative Siwertell Care augmented reality (STC-AR) service agreement to an existing Siwertell road-mobile ship unloader customer in the US.

Marcura, provider of digital maritime solutions, has acquired Shipster, a start-up specialising in AI-driven document intelligence.

The Baltic Exchange provides an update on the Dry Bulk markets for Week 9.

Corey Poppe, Superior Industries, describes best practices for jaw crushers, such as identifying maximum feed size, determining desired product size, and defining tonnage goals.

The Rotor Sail utilises the latest AI technology to automatically control the rotation, direction, and speed of the rotor sail using real-time meteorological information, such as wind direction and wind speed, detected by sensors.

NES has been contracted to deliver the power system to eight newbuild bulk carriers that Udupi Cochin Shipyard is constructing for dry cargo shipping group Wilson.

Carl Swisher, 4B, analyses the issues facing industrial bucket elevators, highlighting the need for periodic inspections in maintenance programmes.