Bulk cargo
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Bulk cargo is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). These cargos are usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or solid, into a bulk carriers hold, train car, or truck-trailer body. Bulk cargos are classified as liquid or dry.
The largest bulk carrier cargo ship in the world is the iron ore carrier Berge Stahl, weighing a massive 364,768 dead-weight-tons (metric).
The busiest bulk cargo port int he world is the New Orleans-area based Port of South Louisiana.
- Dry bulk cargos:
- *coal
- *grain (wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, soybeans, etc.)
- *iron ore (ferrous & non-ferrous ores, ferroalloys, pig iron, scrap metal, etc.)
- *wood chips
- *cement
- *chemicals (fertilizer, plastic & pellets, resin powder, synthetic fiber, etc.)
- *dry edibles (alfalfa pellets, citrus pellets, livestock feed, flour, meal, peanuts, raw sugar, seeds, starches, etc.)
- *bulk mine (sand & gravel, copper, salt, etc.)
- Liquid bulk cargos:
- *oil
- *liquefied natural gas (LNG)
- *gasoline
- *chemicals
- *liquid edibles (vegetable oil, cooking oil, etc.)
- Large bulk sea-going companies:
- * Aasen Shipping & Aasen Chartering (Norway) [Homepage]
- * ALL-Transport A/S (Norway) [Homepage]
- * American Steamship Company (United States)
- * Canada Steamship Lines (Canada)
- * Commercial Trading & Discount (Greece)
- * Czech Ocean Shipping (Czech Republic)
- * Daeyang Shipping (China - Greece - Japan)
- * Fednav (Canada)
- * Gearbulk (Norway - Japan)
- * M/S Fjordbulk (Norway)
- * NOL Services (Singapore)
- * OAM Coal Trade and Bulk Shipping (Germany)
- * Österströms Rederi AB (Sweden)
- * SMC Marine Services (Singapore)
- * Samsun Logix (South Korea)
- * The Skaarup Group (United States) [Homepage]
- * Zhejiang Ocean Shipping Company (China)
- Large ports specializing in bulk cargo:
- *Port of South Louisiana
- *Port of Rotterdam
- Only monthly magazine for the dry bulk industry
- * [Dry Cargo international]
See also
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