bulk cargo

New Orleans port railroad opens bulk transloading park

Bulk shippers at the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) now have expanded options for moving cargoes to inland destinations.

The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) and Heniff Transportation Systems LLC announced that they have signed an agreement for Heniff to manage rail transloading services at the newly opened New Orleans Transloading Industrial Park. 

The facility, located on Terminal Road in New Orleans East, is designed to offer shippers multimodal options for moving dry and liquid bulk...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-orleans-port-railroad-opens-bulk-transloading-park

Port Houston shows import strength in February

The Gulf Coast ports have received a lot of attention in recent years and rightfully so. The ports along the Gulf Coast provided a pressure relief valve of sorts, though they suffered with congestion throughout the pandemic as well.

What separates the Gulf Coast ports from the major East and West Coast ports is the importance that bulk cargo and the industrial sector as a whole play in port volume. At Port Houston, over a third of all tonnage cleared in 2022 was noncontainerized.

Source: Port...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-houston-shows-import-strength-in-february

Digital Navigation, Safety & Optimisation Solutions for LNG Carriers

Wartsila adds the discussion of Jeremy Crossman, General Manager, Sales Excellence & Coaching at Wärtsilä Marine Power, with three leading experts on navigation and bridge systems that can be applied to LNG carriers in its latest Tech Talk series.

 Kay Dausendschoen, Head of Product – fleet operations and optimization at Wärtsilä Voyage; Alexander Vehrenkamp, General Manager, Sales for navigation systems at Wärtsilä Voyage, and Captain Andre Kachura, HSSE superintendent with SCF Arctic projects,...

https://mfame.guru/digital-navigation-safety-optimisation-solutions-for-lng-carriers/

The Missing Link in COVID19 Container Shipping Delays

Containers and pallets make shipping easy. During the pandemic, demand is volatile, and supply unreliable. As a result, warehouses are overflowing with the wrong inventories tying up pallets and containers. Containers—an alternative to warehouse storage—line the drop yards. Companies are reacting: collaboration is out the window, writes Lora Cecere, the Founder of Supply Chain Insights in his Forbes article. 

Logistics taken for granted

Business leaders take logistics for granted. During the...

https://mfame.guru/the-missing-link-in-covid19-container-shipping-delays/

DOT spending $220 million to speed cargo at 18 ports

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday released $220 million in federal funds for 18 coastal and inland ports aimed at speeding freight through the supply chain.

Rail and truck connections were highlighted at 11 of the 18 facilities receiving money. Eight of the grantees are located in “opportunity zones” created to improve economically distressed communities.

This latest round of Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) funding, made through the U.S. Maritime...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dot-spending-220-million-at-18-ports

Direct Container Shipping Service from Wuhan To Osaka

Wuhan Xingang Datong International Shipping Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Central China Logistics Corporation, signed a cooperation agreement with Ben Line Agencies (Japan) Ltd to jointly promote the direct shipping lines to Japan, reports Xinhuanet.

What is in the agreement?

WUHAN, the capital of central China’s Hubei province and located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, will start a direct shipping service to Osaka, Japan for containers within this year.

Through river-sea combined...

http://mfame.guru/direct-container-shipping-service-from-wuhan-to-osaka/

Misdeclared cargo increases risk for shipping safety

A growing number of goods are being transported by sea and in containers, including electronics and, increasingly, chemical products. However, dangerous goods are not always properly declared, which can have dire consequences, specially when considering the trend of larger vessel sizes, according to Allianz.

With several major incidents in a matter of months, fires on board container ships – potentially coming from misdeclared cargo – are a hot topic. The large size and capacity of container...

https://safety4sea.com/misdeclared-cargo-increases-risk-for-shipping-safety/

DNV GL presents updated bulk cargo liquefaction guidance

DNV GL, Classification society, launched its updated bulk cargo liquefaction guideline at the Nor-Shipping trade fair this week. The Guidelines were firstly published in October 2015; The revised Guidelines are based on feedback from readers and practical experiences that resulted in the past. Thus, they focus on design and operation of vessels with bulk cargoes that may liquefy, and has already contributed to raise the awareness of the risks of cargo liquefaction on ships.

Specifically, the...

https://safety4sea.com/dnv-gl-presents-updated-bulk-cargo-liquefaction-guidance-2/

Application launched to digitalize Antwerp breakbulk sector

The port data platform NxtPort has collaborated with the Antwerp breakbulk community in order to develop a new app. Called Bulkchain, it aims to simplify administration and make the supply chain simpler, faster and more efficient.

Bulkchain was launched at the AntwerpXL breakbulk trade fair and its first two modules are now active. Namely:

  • Terminal delivery order;
  • Terminal delivery confirmation.

Other modules will go online in the next few months.

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