Bulk cargo
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.)
- bauxite
- 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.)
Some bulk shipping companies
- (www.olympicvessels.com/Olympic Vessel's free gate to the maritime markets: free access to all the maritime markets and maritime news.
- 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)
- Losinjska Plovidba brodarstvo (Croatia) [1]
Some major bulk ports
Large ports specializing in bulk cargo: