Tag: bulk carriers

Allied Market Research issued a report revealing the global marine scrubber industry was valued at $4.9 billion in 2021 and is estimated to generate $20.3 billion by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of 16.2% from 2022 to 2031.

The Panama-flagged Loyalty Hong bulk carrier is stranded with its crew on board at Lyttelton Port, New Zealand due engine room flooding. 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Vale International SA have announced a partnership to retrofit a 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for Vale.

According to international news, a Chinese bulk carrier that was holed by ice off Russia’s Sakhalin island sank. Last week had reported that the 33,600 dwt bulker was in the Tatar Strait drifting with other vessels in the ice flows while waiting to proceed to the port.

Industry partners could still do more to ensure the safety of crews, says INTERCARGO, as it submitted its latest Bulk Carrier Casualty Report to the Sub-Committee on IMO Instruments (III 8).

INTERCARGO published its Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021, reporting that 27 bulk carriers of over 10,000 dwt were declared as total losses for the years 2012-2021.

A Stella Maris port chaplain in Mauritius has provided pastoral support to the crew of a bulk carrier after the apparent murder of the ship’s captain.

A chef has been arrested in Mauritius after the master of a Meghna Marine supramax was found dead in his cabin.

London Club noted that slots on container ships have at times become scarce and increasingly expensive. For this reason, operators with bulk carriers have been approached to carry containerised goods in their bulk carrier cargo holds or above deck.

There has been a recent rise in enquiries regarding the carriage of containers onboard vessels not specifically designed to carry cellularized cargoes.