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Best Practices For Shipment Of Project And Equipment Cargoes

A recent news article published in the Skuld talks about Practice guidance for shipment of project and equipment cargoes.

Introduction

Project and equipment are sensitive and high-value cargoes and can easily be damaged if handled improperly. The damage and loss to such cargoes are mostly caused by improper operations and insufficient supervision. Therefore, from a loss-prevention perspective, applying best practices as well as fully understanding and controlling the various key phases in the...

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Giant Capesize Ships To Ship Timber and Grain

  • Shipments of timber and grain are being loaded onto a class of ship normally reserved for other cargo.
  • This may be attributed to the strong demand to move commodities causes dislocations to the supply of vessels.
  • Logs from Uruguay and grain from Brazil are set to be loaded giant Capesize ships this month or next, according to shipping data from S&P Global Platts.
  • The vessels are normally used to transport coal and iron ore — the industry’s two main cargoes.
  • By contrast, timber typically gets...

https://mfame.guru/giant-capesize-ships-to-ship-timber-and-grain/

European Diesel & Shipping Market Participants Divided Over Economics

According to an article published in S&P Global, Participants in the European diesel and shipping markets are divided over the economics to send ULSD to the US Atlantic Coast, with a record high HOGO spread suggesting profits could be made, though current freight indications show wavering opportunities to ship products, with only Long Range tankers showing some suitability for the trade.

Reopening Arbitrage

A number of transatlantic ULSD shipments were observed in the shipping market in the...

https://mfame.guru/european-diesel-and-shipping-market-participants-divided-over-the-economics/

U.S. Great Lakes-Seaway grain shipments increase amid challenging season

With harvests underway, U.S. grain shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway saw a bump in September, a positive note during an otherwise difficult 2020 shipping season. U.S. grain shipments (from April 1 to Sept. 30) have reached 1.1 million metric tons, an increase of more than 4% over the same time period a year ago.

“U.S. grain shipments are increasing with the new mid-west soybean harvest being shipped to Europe and North Africa,” Bruce Burrows, president and CEO of the Chamber of Marine...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/u-s-great-lakes-seaway-grain-shipments-increase-amid-challenging-season/

Creeping Equipment Shortage Delays US Imports

  • A container shortage in India is causing long delays for exporters, especially on US trades.
  • According to New Jersey-based Worldwide Logistics (WL), the equipment shortage has spread to India.
  • This is partly due to a drop in import volumes from China after trade restrictions were imposed by the government.
  • The shortage is most critical at Inland Container Depots (ICD) but also evident at port-side locations.

Container shortage crisis spreads to India delaying exports, writes Sam Whelan for the...

https://mfame.guru/creeping-equipment-shortage-delays-us-imports/

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