The Lake Carriers' Association (LCA) said Friday that US-flag Great Lakes freighters carried 89.5 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in 2012, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to 2011. The 2012 float was 1.5 percent off the five-year average ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India remained stable to higher on Wednesday, following a positive trend seen this week due to higher fixture activity, sources said. ...
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Bloomberg reported that the Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, rose for the first time since November, lifted by gains for the largest vessels as miners sought charters to export iron ore or coal from Australia. ...
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The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, saw cargo throughput grow 1.7% in 2012 to a record 442 million tonnes. Mr Hans Smits president and CEO Port of Rotterdam said that “Although the growth is limited, it is another ...
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Bloomberg reported that China, buyer of 65% of the world’s iron ore cargoes, expanded the destinations it got the commodity from this year with the first reported spot shipments from Oman, the Philippines and Sierra Leone. According ...
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Business Standard reported that the Chennai Port Trust has asked Essar Ports, the sole bidder for the INR 3,683 crore container terminal project at Chennai, to reconsider its offer that had offered a revenue share of 5.25%. A senior board ...
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Business Line reported that Ennore Port Ltd is reviving the development of a container terminal after the earlier private terminal operator, Bay of Bengal Container Terminal consortium had to be terminated in October over delay in ...
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In a report out this week Norwegian analysts at Arctic Securities suggest Chinese iron ore imports are set to spike.The news comes as iron ore inventories at Chinese ports stand at their lowest for more than two years. According to ...
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Business Standard reported that Essar Ports Ltd has commissioned its 16 million tonne dry bulk terminal at Odisha’s Paradip Port, which will handle iron ore, mainly for its group company, Essar Steel, and dry bulk cargo for third ...
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Exim News Service reported that the Shipping Corporation of India accepted delivery of its latest newbuilding, a Kamsarmax bulk carrier mv Vishva Jyoti on December 18th. The vessel is the first in a series of four such bulk carriers ...
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It is reported that coal and iron ore shipments are leading an 8% and a half percent increase in tonnage through the St Lawrence Seaway’s Montreal to Lake Ontario section this year over last. According to figures from the St. ...
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The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has placed an order for 1 new building Medium Range Product Tanker to be built at STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Company Ltd, China. The contract also gives GE Shipping the option to add more ships at a ...
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Berry Plastics has launched its new product line of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers(FIBC)DriBulk Container Liners that are used for storing,shipping and transporting dry bulk goods for industries including ...
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The Lake Carriers Association reported that US flag Great Lakes freighters carried 9.2 million tonne of dry bulk cargo in November, a 6.6% increase over October's total that was noticeably impacted by Hurricane Sandy. However, compared to ...
Tags: dry bulk cargo, Hurricane Sandy, Great Lakes, Iron ore
The new SurePOUCH is a clean-fill machine series, with roll-fed vertical form, fill and seal machines that have a footprint of just 6 m square. Clean-fill applications include non-carbonated beverages and water, dairy products, ...
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