Bulk Carriers News


Clipper Bulk Consolidates

Oct 11, 2017

Denmark based Clipper Group said it will simplify its operational and administrative setup in its core business area, the dry bulk market.Clipper will concentrate its bulk business in Copenhagen, Houston and Hong Kong going forward, closing its offices in Stamford…

Port Manatee Breaks Container, Tonnage Records

Oct 10, 2017

Port Manatee has shattered prior annual records for container volume while also reporting its top year ever for total cargo tons moved in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30.           The Central Florida Gulf port’s count of 39,726 twenty…

Palau Announces Fleet Increase

Oct 05, 2017

The Palau International Ship Registry has recently seen a strong increase in its fleet size as more shipowners and operators look to become a part of the new breed of smart registries. As the Palau flag starts appearing on more vessels the appeal…

World Direct Shipping to Double Port Manatee Service

Oct 05, 2017

Ocean carrier World Direct Shipping is doubling its service across the Gulf of Mexico between the state of Veracruz and Central Florida’s Port Manatee.           World Direct Shipping has announced plans to add a weekly sailing to Port Manatee from the Port of Tuxpan…

BahriBunge Dry Bulk Office Inaugurated in Dubai

Oct 05, 2017

Following the announcement of the joint venture agreement by Bahri, a leader in transportation and logistics, and Koninklijke Bunge B.V. (“Bunge”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a agribusiness and food company, the two companies…

Prolonged Dip in Coal Imports Could Hurt Port Players: ICRA

Oct 04, 2017

The volume growth at major ports was low at 3 percent during the first five months of current fiscal, FY2018 as coal volumes recorded 12 percent decline during the period, even as iron ore volumes grew 29 percent.According to K. Ravichandran…

BaltNav to Handle Part of Pioneer Marine's Fleet

Oct 03, 2017

Pioneer Marine, a leading shipowner and global drybulk handysize transportation service provider enters into cooperation with BaltNav A/S, Copenhagen. The owner of 16 handy size bulk carriers commenced as of October 3rd, a cooperation with the Danish operator BaltNav…

Diana Shipping TC Contract for Crystalia With Glencore

Oct 03, 2017

Diana Shipping  announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Glencore Agriculture B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Crystalia.  The gross charter rate is US$11…

Interlake Steamship Joins Green Marine

Oct 02, 2017

The Interlake Steamship Company has become the first U.S. Great Lakes ship owner to join Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for the maritime industry in North America. As the largest privately held U.S.-flagged fleet on the Great Lakes…

NORDEN to Ship Road Salt from Chile to US

Sep 27, 2017

NORDEN has entered into a 10-year contract effective 2020-2029 for the transportation of 4-5 million metric tons of road salt to be loaded in Caleta Patillos 1,400 kilometers north of the Chilean capital Santiago and discharged primarily on…

2,000th Neopanamax Transits Expanded Panama Canal

Sep 27, 2017

Yesterday, the Panama Canal welcomed its 2,000th Neopanamax vessel through the waterway, demonstrating the route’s continued impact on maritime trade and the industry’s confidence in the safe, reliable and efficient service the Canal provides…

WSS Rolls Out New Cargo Hold Cleaning Equipment

Sep 27, 2017

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will launch its new line of cargo hold cleaning equipment at maritime exhibition INMEX India. The new high pressure lance and add-on heating system are tailor made for cleaning difficult to reach areas of the hold…

Navios Takes Delivery of Three Bulkers

Sep 26, 2017

Navios Maritime Partners, an international owner and operator of container and dry bulk vessels, announced today the delivery of three dry bulk vessels into its fleet. The Navios Symphony, a 2010-Chinese-built Capesize vessel of 178,132 dwt…

Great Lakes/Seaway Iron Ore Trade Rises in August

Sep 25, 2017

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 6.7 million tons in August, an increase of 10.1 percent compared to a year ago, according to latest figures from the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). Shipments also bettered the month’s five-year average by 6…

China Launches World's Largest Bulk Carrier

Sep 24, 2017

China launched world's largest bulk carrier 'Ore Tianjin' in the port city Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, reported China Daily. The mammoth ore ship, built by the Wuhan subordinate of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)…

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