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Mud, Mud, Glorious mud... or is it?
With around 40 percent of North P&I Club's 200 million gross tonnage in the bulk carrier sector, the organisation has a long history of safety expertise for ships and crew. jonh Southam, Loss Prevention Executive speaks about the risks of a bi-product now emerging as a cargo for shipment
We've been here before
Soto Skinitis of transport law firm, Skinitis LLC discusses shipping and the world's tenth pandemic in 300 years
Oshima leads the way
Specialisation and use of the world's most advanced technologies has led Japanese shipbuilder, Oshima, to its high market share in bulk carrier production
Milestone year for Rocktree
Singapore based transhipment and logistics group, Rocktree, has reported handling record cargo volumes in a year that marked a number of significant milestones
Grabbing the attention
Verstegen developed a wide range of bulk handling grabs, optimised for specific materials
Corona crisis makes its mark
Seaborne cargo throughput for Q1 in the Port of Hamburg, which remains fully operational, was 7.9 percent lower this year with bulk cargoes 11.9 percent lower
Grain trade continues despite pandemic
Clamshell grabs unloading US distiller's dried grains with solubles in Vietnam illustrate continuity of global grain trade
Beumer keeps the fertiliser flowing
To meet growing demand for fertiliser, Beumer Group was recently contracted to modernise and increase the performance of a plant in Malaysia between the longitudinal stockyard and the shiploading system within a highly streamlined schedule
Pioneering Dutch drones take-off
On May 22, the port of Rotterdam was able to celebrate a Dutch premier: the aerial delivery by drone of a parts consignment to Allseas' Pioneering Spirit, the biggest vessel in the world
Bulk stable in Antwerp
Total freight volume handled by Port of Antwerp rose by 4 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period last year
Embracing technology
Gulf Agency Company is supporting a Singapore-based start-up for deliveries of supplies to vessels via drones
Pilbara's LNG initiative
The drive to establish the Pilbara LNG Bunkering Hub continues and could create up to 125 jobs, including skilled mariners and support administration
ABL
Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, ABL has grown from a coal transhipper specialist focused on the Indonesian market into a leading international integrated logistics company. The company has expanded its operations into Africa and operates a fleet of more than 90 barges and eight cargo transfer ships
