cargo handling

Cargo care checklist: Nickel Ore, Grain, Coal

The North P&I Club launched three different checklists concerning the “care” of nickel ore, grain and coal, providing details to interested parties on how to deal with this kind of cargo.

#1 Cargo Care Checklist: Nickel Ore

Prior to loading documentation received from shipper is needed.

Also, the Club advises that visual inspection should be conducted before it is loaded, in cases that it is allowed and safe.

You should look for:

  • excessive moisture prior to loading
  • Perform a can test before and...

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Port of Oakland imports, exports volume increase

Port of Oakland containerized import volume increased 7.3% last month over January 2019 totals. Exports also grew, lifting hopes for recovery from a US-China trade war. However, the Port is concerned about the potential implications due to the coronavirus.

Port of Oakland’s year-over-year import volume increase in January came after three straight months of decline. Namely, exports grew 3.3% in January, up for the fourth straight month. According to the Port, consumer demand drove cargo volume...

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Cargo volume at India’s ports increase marginally

India’s 12 major ports achieved a marginal 1.14% growth in cargo volumes at 585.72 million tonnes (MT) during the April-January period of the current fiscal year. More specifically, the ports had handled 579.10 MT of cargo during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

The ports‘ handling of iron ore increased 39.02% to 45.05 MT during the period, but on the other hand, thermal coal shipments fell 14.98% to 74.60 MT. Combined, the 12 ports had handled 32.37 MT of iron ore and 87.74 MT...

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Port of New York, New Jersey set handling record in 2019

The Port of New York and New Jersey announced that managed 7.471.131 TEUs in total, marking a 4.1% increase, while broke the previous annual record of 7.179.788 TEUs in 2018. According to its financial reports for 2019, New York and New Jersey handled 5.231.418 loaded TEUs, surpassing the loaded imports handled by the Port of Long Beach.

Moreover, the cargo volume noted an increase of 2.6% in imported goods such as clothing, furniture, electronics and several other everyday products, in...

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Port of Savannah to get new container terminal space

Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, announced the acquisition of 145 contiguous acres to the Port of Savannah, or more than 1 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in annual capacity.

Mr. Lynch also announced that Garden City Terminal dock construction had been completed, and can now serve three 14,000-TEU vessels, and up to eight vessels at the same time.

The improved dock and additional container yard space are part of a larger blueprint to increase the...

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Port of Lüderitz on track to handle double amount of manganese exports

The Port of Lüderitz, Namibia, is on track to double the volume of South African Manganese shipped through the port. In fact, last month, the first 30,000 tons for the year was shipped and since 30 August 2019, in total 150,000 tons have been shipped.

Regarding port operation, the Lüderitz team aimed to have the vessel loaded and sailing in three days, and managed to load 12,000 tons per day.

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The goal is to move from one shipment per month to two shipments...

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Coconut charcoal to have caused the fire on Yantian Express

The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) published an investigation report concerning the fire in the area of the deck cargo on board the container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS on the Atlantic Ocean, identifying Coconut charcoal as the likely cause of last year’s fire.

It was during the early morning hours of 3 January 2019, when a fire broke out in the deck cargo in the area of cargo hold 2 on board the German flagged container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS.

At that time, the ship was on the...

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HAROPA sees 5% drop in maritime traffic in 2019

HAROPA, the port complex of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, saw a 5% drop in maritime traffic in 2019, with a total of 90 million tonnes of maritime traffic over the year. However, the bulk and container sectors grew by 13% to reach a figure in the Ile-de-France region of more than 25 million tonnes, marking the best figure since 1992.

The drop to solid and liquid energy bulk comes in light of both technical shutdowns on the Seine Valley refining units and the prospect of the end of activity at the...

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New guide launched for cargo claims in Brazil

Representacoes Proinde have produced a guide to cargo claims in Brazil. Brazil is a cargo-owning nation, and there has been little or no interest from the civil society and lawmakers over the years in getting the country to adopt global conventions on carriage of goods, Steamship Mutual says.

In recent years, Brazilian ports have handled more than one billion tonnes of seaborne cargo every year, with around 80% of this volume shipped abroad, mainly to China, the EU, the US and Mercosur. In spite...

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Batangas Container Terminal achieves record container throughput

Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) has achieved its the highest container throughput it has handled since the beginning commercial operations in 2010. Overall, the BCT handled over 310,000 TEUs.

The figure marks a 25% increase from 2018’s volume, keeping BCT’s double-digit cargo growth over the past six years. This achievement also reduced about 150,000 truck trips from Metro Manila’s roads, with consignees choosing to ship cargoes through BCT.

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