Bulk Handling

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

P&O Maritime Logistics (POML), a subsidiary of DP World, is set to acquire a controlling stake in NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers (NACC), the world’s leading operator of pneumatic cement carriers.

4th July 2025

DP World expands bulk logistics

4th July 2025

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Ports across Northern and Western Australia are transforming bulk handling operations with advanced spreaders and dust suppression technology, with a little help from RAM Spreaders.

1st April 2025

High demand for RAM Spreaders down under

1st April 2025

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

PD Ports has been recognised by industry experts at the prestigious International Bulk Journal Awards, where its Teesport Bulks Terminal on England’s east coast was named Best Dry Bulk Port.

2nd December 2024

Teesport named world’s best dry bulk port

2nd December 2024

WORLD

WORLD

So far, the fallout from the Ukraine crisis has seen only limited impact on grain volumes. Increasing tension is, however, reanimating concerns about global food security. Andrew Penfold assesses the situation

22nd November 2024

Political risk resurfaces

22nd November 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Associated British Ports (ABP) and global grain marketer Viterra are joining forces to build a new £10 million state-of-the-art storage warehouse at the Immingham International Terminal on England’s east coast.

7th November 2024

ABP and Viterra boost Immingham capacity

7th November 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Drewry has launched new breakbulk sea transport indices for project and general cargo vessel segments, replacing the former multipurpose (MPV) time charter index.

9th October 2024

Drewry launches new breakbulk indices

9th October 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

PD Ports has strengthened its grain and powder product import services at Teesport, UK with a £1m investment in five specialist bulk tipper trucks.

16th September 2024

PD Ports invests in tipper trucks

16th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Cargo throughput in the Port of Rotterdam remained virtually unchanged in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year.

19th July 2024

Throughput stable at Port of Rotterdam

19th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Bucking a global trend of stagnating container movement, throughput at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium has risen in the first half of the year.

18th July 2024

Throughput at Antwerp-Bruges rises

18th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

China is at the centre of world dry bulk demand and plays a dominant role in the coal and iron ore trades. Both the steam coal and coking coal sectors are facing…

30th May 2024

Demand to head south?

30th May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A new logistics and freight yard has opened beside Southampton Container Terminal on the UK’s south coast.

23rd May 2024

New yard helps Southampton diversify

23rd May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Bulk liquid storage firm, UM Terminals has made a multi-million pound investment in one of its key strategic terminals.

15th May 2024

Bulk liquid firm invests in Liverpool terminal

15th May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The dry bulks, liquid bulks and gas shipping sectors navigated ‘unprecedented global circumstances’ in 2023 and 2024 promises a landscape of ‘continued change and evolution.’ Felicity Landon reports

27th February 2024

Bulk shipping outlook

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Falling freight rates will pose a challenge to shipping companies throughout 2024, according to the latest research from Drewry.

7th February 2024

Freight rates to fall further in 2024

7th February 2024

WORLD

WORLD

Containerships are just about managing to maintain daily transit averages through the Panama Canal, while other sectors reroute.

26th January 2024

Containerships weather Panama drought

26th January 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Bulk handling manufacturer Graviti has delivered six self-discharging containers of its own design to Riga Central Terminal, Latvia.

9th October 2023

Graviti delivers self-discharging containers

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Argentina is building momentum with lithium exports – big things are expected – and the race is on to capture this cargo from the so-called Lithium Triangle. There are various gateway options…

9th October 2023

Lithium: gateway race on

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Georgia Ports Authority has embarked on a major modernisation programme to expand its container handling capabilities.

20th September 2023

GPA begins major container handling upgrade

20th September 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

After renting Graviti’s automated dry bulk containers for two years, the Riga Central Terminal in Latvia has decided to buy six SDC40 units, upgrading from the smaller SDC30 model.

8th September 2023

Riga terminal invests in automated containers

8th September 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The International Union of Marine Insurance is seeking to reassure shippers that electric vehicles can be safely transported.

1st September 2023

Marine insurers issue EV fire guidance

1st September 2023