Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. It refers to material in either liquid or granular, particulate form, as a mass of relatively small solids, such as petroleum/crude oil, grain, coal, or gravel. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, into a bulk carrier ship's hold, railroad car/railway wagon, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body. Smaller quantities (still considered "bulk") can be boxed (or drummed) and palletised. Bulk cargo is classified as liquid or dry.

The Baltic Exchange is based in London and provides a range of indices benchmarking the cost of moving bulk commodities, dry and wet, along popular routes around the seas. Some of these indices are also used to settle Freight Futures, known as FFA's. The most famous of the Baltic indices is the Baltic Dry Indices, commonly called the BDI. This is a derived function of the Baltic Capesize index (BCI), Baltic Panamax index (BPI), Baltic Supramax index (BSI) and the Baltic Handysize index (BHSI). The BDI has been used as a bellwether for the global economy as it can be interpreted as an indicator of an increase or decrease in the amount of raw commodities countries are importing/exporting.

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Cargo volumes at Omani ports grow 15% to 137mn tonnes in 2024

Muskat Daily 23 Mar 2025
He pointed out that bulk cargo volumes at Sohar Port surged by 72%, while cargo handled at both Salalah and Suwaiq Ports increased by 10% each. The Port of Duqm achieved a remarkable 152% rise in cargo ...

The awful truth about Vladimir Putin's mother and how her brush with the most gruesome ...

The Daily Mail 23 Mar 2025
Pictured ... Pictured ... Pictured ... Pictured ... Pictured ... Elsewhere, with only the barest scraps entering the city via cargo planes (the Luftwaffe had mastery of the skies), Leningrad's scientists had to find a way of bulking out bread with edible cattle-feed ... .

Acting on Instinct

MarineLink 21 Mar 2025
This week, the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued its report on thedeaths of three stevedores in a cargo hold access space on board a bulk carrier.

FedEx orders Boeing 777 and ATR cargo aircraft, delays MD-11 retirements

Freight Waves 21 Mar 2025
It can be optimized for bulk transport with nine vertical nets attached to the floor but also has a large cargo door, wide cross section and loading system to handle shipping containers, which are compatible with larger freighters.

$90 million international port to be built in Quảng Bình

Vietnam News 21 Mar 2025
The construction consists of two phases. Phase 1 will be from now until 2026, focusing on building two ports with a total length of 470 meters, capable of receiving general cargo ships of up to 50,000 tonnes and bulk carriers of up to 70,000 tonnes ... .

Port of Seattle says newly approved city housing plan a threat to industry

Freight Waves 21 Mar 2025
They also say development will interfere with vital freight mobility ... The alliance handled approximately 438,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in 2024, part of a total $70 billion in annual trade that includes breakbulk, vehicles and bulk cargo.

Lack of Training Implicated in Enclosed Space Deaths

MarineLink 20 Mar 2025
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued its report on the deaths of three stevedores in a cargo hold access space on board the bulk carrier Berge Mawson ...Cargo operations ...

UK MAIB Investigation: Three seafarer lives lost in cargo hold

SAFETY4SEA 20 Mar 2025
On 27 June 2022, three unconscious stevedores were recovered from a cargo hold access space on board the Isle of Man ... Berge Mawson was loading a bulk cargo of coal from barges using a floating crane.

Three Stevedores Killed in Enclosed Space on Bulk Carrier, Highlighting Critical Training Gaps

gCaptain 20 Mar 2025
After a rain-induced pause in loading, a stevedore attempting to access a bulldozer in cargo hold No.7 mistakenly entered hold No.8’s access space and was overcome by an oxygen-depleted atmosphere ... Berge Bulk Maritime Pte.

Malaysia detains cargo ship for anchoring without permission

SAFETY4SEA 20 Mar 2025
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a cargo ship for anchoring without permission 13 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Jarak on 17 March ... Taiwan detains cargo ship suspected of cutting undersea cable.

Unleashing the power of marine cranes with preventative maintenance

Offshore Technology 19 Mar 2025
The global trade landscape today is witnessing unprecedented growth, with a significant increase in cargo volumes that includes everything from dry bulk cargo and containers to refined oil products and liquefied natural gas.

Durban Port developments gather momentum

Mail Guardian South Africa 18 Mar 2025
The terminal will have the capacity to store 100 000 cubic metres of liquid bulk cargo, including imported edible oils, caustic soda and phosphoric acid, for supply for local markets and the rest of Africa.

Lake Michigan shipwreck lost off Algoma for 131 years is named a Wisconsin historic place

Green Bay Press Gazette 18 Mar 2025
... by weather and towing issues that appear typical for wooden Great Lakes cargo ships of the day ... Clow was taking the Muir from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago with a cargo of bulk salt on Sept.

Red Sea transits off limits for most as Israel pounds Gaza

Splash24/7 18 Mar 2025
According to data from Jefferies, diversions have increased in the tanker and dry cargo segments. Dry bulk diversions are up to 56% of 2023 figures so far this year, up from 45% in 2024; crude tanker ...

Salvage Efforts for Stena Immaculate Tanker Continue in North Sea

MarineLink 17 Mar 2025
The remaining cargo and bunkers are secure, Stena Bulk informed ... This decisive action significantly limited the damage to only the cargo tanks directly impacted by the allision,” said Erik Hånell, President and CEO, Stena Bulk.
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