Thursday, January 31, 2008

shipments of coal to Rotterdam

There is a request for shipments of coal from Indonesia to Rotterdam. This is for 60 monthly deliveries of 50.000 mt coal to Rotterdam. Find out more about this deliveries of coal.

shipping coal wanted Richards Bay

At present we are looking for a provider that can transport coal from Richards Bay to Rotterdam. This is a contract for 60 deliveries of coal over 5 years. Find out more about this at coal shipping from Richards Bay.

Monday, January 28, 2008

vessel shipping cargo from cape town

A vessel is looking for cargo from Cape Town or South Africa.
If you have cargo or know someone with cargo find more details on commodity trading and shipping
Description of the vessel.
BC 37.680 DWT BLT 1977- PANAMA FLAG - CLASS: RSLOA/187,73M - BM/28,43M - DEPTH/15,30M GRT/22190 , PANAMA/23608,97SUEZ/22189,82 , NRT/11772 , PANAMA/17739,03 , SUEZ/18592,51SDWT/37680 , DRAFT/10,763 M SW - TPC/45,52 HO/5 HA/5 , MCGR SINGLE PULL TYP CRANES: 4 CRANES (3 X 15T 1 X 25T)-MAX OUTREACH FROM SHIPSIDE 7,80 M - GRAIN/1,618,467 CBF (INCLUDING HATCH SPACE) - BALE/1,566,449 CBTSPEED/CONSUMPTION:ABT 12,5 KNTS ON ABT 30 MT IFO 180 + 2,5 MT MGOPORT CONSUMPTION: GEARS WORKING 3 MT MGO ABT /IDLE 2 MT MGO

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Container cargo crazy

...Ms. Brooks described container capacity as a "bit of a moving target. … If you make your terminal 24-7 … if you develop different systems for handling cargo on the terminal or by crane, you can expand capacity beyond what its initial design rating is for.
"So there are many ways to actually alter capacity of an existing facility before one actually hits the wall and has to build new." However, Ms. Brooks noted that when she was an adviser for an Atlantic Provinces Economic Council study "one of the conclusions we drew at that time was all it takes is a couple of (shipping) companies to change their business model and all of a sudden you don’t have capacity." But investing in terminals is not done based simply on the thought that some shipping lines may change their ports of call.
SSA Marine of Seattle, a major international transportation company being courted as Melford’s terminal operator, said last summer it would decide on its involvement in Melford by the end of 2007.
A company spokesman said in a recent interview that SSA’s involvement is still under review.
Ms. Brooks said with the North American economy showing signs of slowing down, it’s not the time to rush into these types of projects....



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Thursday, January 24, 2008

cargo shipping

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