Sources
open directory project
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Bulk cargo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 carrier's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-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 in the 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 granules & pellets, resin powder, synthetic fiber, etc.)
- dry edibles (for animals or humans: alfalfa pellets, citrus pellets, livestock feed, flour, peanuts, raw or refined sugar, seeds, starches, etc.)
- bulk mine (sand & gravel, copper, iron, (ores in pellet form) , salt, etc.)
- Liquid bulk cargos:
- oil
- liquefied natural gas (LNG)
- gasoline
- chemicals
- liquid edibles (vegetable oil, cooking oil, fruit juices, etc.)
- Large bulk sea-going companies:
- Aasen Shipping & Aasen Chartering (Norway) Homepage
- ALL-Transport A/S (Norway) Homepage
- American Steamship Company (United States) Homepage
- Canada Steamship Lines (Canada)
- Commercial Trading & Discount (Greece)
- Czech Ocean Shipping (Czech Republic)
- Daeyang Shipping (China - Greece - Japan)
- c(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:
- Only monthly magazine for the dry bulk industry
- World's busiest port
- Bigbag