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Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specialising in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, has announced that through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International SA, Geneva, for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels.
Metso has been awarded an order to provide repairs and upgrades for a bucket-wheel stacker reclaimer at a customer’s stockyard operations in Africa.
Belgian logistics giant Katoen Natie has ordered four all-electric Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour Cranes for its Port of Antwerp operations. The order, which includes a 10 year service level agreement, was booked in 1Q25, with delivery scheduled for 1Q26.
This is the first time in Japan that a coal carrier has been used to test biofuel for a domestic power utility company. Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Co., Ltd. in the Keihin area facilitated the supply of biofuel for the vessel.
The Baltic Exchange provides an update on the Dry Bulk markets for Week 7.
According to the Association of American Railroads, total US weekly rail traffic was 502 449 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.7% compared with the same week last year.
Cooper Consolidated, LLC has announced the expansion of its bulk stevedoring fleet with the addition of two 4000C Series Equilibrium Cranes, the largest cranes built by E-crane, named Pelican and Creole King.
Through this transaction, Rocktree will expand its global footprint across the commodities and agriculture value chain, including dry bulk, offering a broader range of services to new and existing customers. Rocktree will acquire Atria from Southern Cross Group, and the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Econowind has surpassed 100 VentoFoil units sold, marking a milestone in the shipping industry’s shift towards Wind-Assisted Ship Propulsion.
The Baltic Exchange provides an update on the Dry Bulk markets for Week 6.
According to the Association of American Railroads, total US weekly rail traffic was 513 622 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.5% compared with the same week last year.
Seaber.io, a Finnish maritime technology company, has announced that G2 Ocean will implement Seaber’s chartering and schedule optimisation solution.