Bulk Carriers News


Strong Returns for Sovcomflot

Aug 31, 2015

Russia’s biggest shipping company PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) surpassed its own expectations and went forward on both revenue and net profit in the first six months. It has posted a gross revenue increase of 11.8 per cent in the first half of 2015 worth USD 754…

CSDC Profts Soar

Aug 31, 2015

The bulker and tanker unit of state conglomerate China Shipping Group, China Shipping Development Co (CSDC) has delivered a first half performance which saw its profit spike, exceeding the company's latest forecast. CSDC has recorded a six-fold increase in profit in the first half of this year…

United Heavy Lift Gears up for the Asian Boom

Aug 30, 2015

Set to expand its footprint in the South Asian market, Hamburg-based United Heavy Lift (UHL) appointed strategically placed Lexicon Overseas Pvt Ltd. as its General Agents in India, to help ramp up operations from Mumbai. With two vessels…

Break Bulk in Rotterdam on the Way Up

Aug 27, 2015

The opening of a new break bulk terminal is one of the many developments and investments in the break bulk sector in the port of Rotterdam; a sector that has been very much on the up in recent years.The new Liebherr crane helped Pacorini establish itself…

Diana Shipping Fixes Panamax

Aug 25, 2015

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it entered into a time charter contract with Transgrain Shipping B.V., Rotterdam…

Sri Lankan Shipping Firm to Launch Vizag, Yangon Service

Aug 25, 2015

Sri Lanka based shipping company- Herbilan Shipping Pvt Ltd is all set to launch Colombo-Vizag-Yangon (Myanmar)-Colombo service from September 1, reports the Hindu.  “One of the main reasons for Herbilan Shipping to launch the service is…

Search Suspended for Overboard Freighter Crewman

Aug 24, 2015

The search for a man who reportedly jumped overboard from a freighter near Big Sable Point in Lake Michigan early Sunday morning has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received a report just before 2 a…

World’s Dry Cargo Transport Rate Nosedives

Aug 24, 2015

The recession, gradually engulfing the world commodity production, has become apparent amid the dynamics of rates for international dry cargo transportation, reports abc.az The key shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell by 26…

Diana Shipping Extends Charter for Crystalia With Glencore

Aug 21, 2015

Diana Shipping Inc., has, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, agreed to extend the present time charter contract with Glencore Grain B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessels, the MV Crystalia. The charter…

Dry Bulk Freight Market Recovery Slows

Aug 21, 2015

The global dry bulk freight market, crippled by oversupply but seeing signs of renewed activity, is expected to take at least a year to hit the road to recovery, according to the latest Platts survey of shipping market participants. This…

Shell, COSCO Ink Appomattox Platform Transportation Deal

Aug 18, 2015

COSCO Shipping    Company    Limited    (COSCOL)    signed    a contract with  Shell    Offshore    Inc.    on    6    July    2015,    for the transportation    of the Appomattox    semi-submersible offshore platform    hull    from    South    Korea    to Ingleside…

Clarkson Sinks in the Rougher Seas

Aug 18, 2015

Shipping company Clarksons has  published profits of GBP6.2mln, down 36.7 per cent on the first six months of the previous year, citing “severe challenges faced by the dry bulk market” (of unpackaged raw commodities) as the primary cause of the decline…

Allcargo Acquires 2 Vessels for Coastal Operations

Aug 14, 2015

Allcargo Logistics has announced the acquisition of two additional vessels aggregating 24000 DWT. for its coastal shipping business. Post this acquisition Allcargo now owns a total of five cargo vessels making it one of the largest players in the logistics industry…

Interlake Steamship to Install Scrubbers on 2 More Ships

Aug 11, 2015

The Interlake Steamship Company proves phase one of emissions-reduction technology on Great Lakes; two additional ships to be outfitted with exhaust gas scrubber technology in 2016  Following the implementation of exhaust gas scrubbers on its self-unloading bulk carrier M/V Hon…

G E Shipping to Sell New Building Dry Bulker

Aug 11, 2015

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) signed a contract to sell, a new building Kamsarmax Dry Bulk Carrier “Jag Aakash” (81,600 dwt). The vessel is being built at Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc., Philippines and will be delivered to the company in August/September 2015…

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